# Cuts, lacerations at Western Sugar Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `20191010796` · 10/16/2019 · SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Sugar Cooperative
- **Location:** 2100 East Overland Drive, SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA, 69361
- **NAICS:** 311313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a parts replacement on equipment when a stainless steel mesh part struck his hand, causing a laceration through his leather work glove. He was hospitalized, requiring stitches and surgery.

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