# Cuts, lacerations at NORTHEAST PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC
> OSHA SIR `2019099704` · 9/17/2019 · COLONIE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** NORTHEAST PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC
- **Location:** 222 Main Street, COLONIE, NEW YORK, 12205
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding/cutting off an old steel column for an overhead canopy using a 4.5" angle grinder with a cut-off disc when the grinder slipped and severely lacerated the employee's left arm.

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