# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at International Timber & Veneer LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099611` · 9/14/2019 · JACKSON CENTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** International Timber & Veneer LLC
- **Location:** 75 McQuiston Drive, JACKSON CENTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16133
- **NAICS:** 321211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee changed the knives on the hog barrel while the machine was locked out. After installing the new knives, the employee had to spin the barrel to ensure the knives did not hit the machine. As the barrel was spinning, his left hand was struck by a knife. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on his left thumb.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*