# Cuts, lacerations at Columbia University - Residential
> OSHA SIR `20191111888` · 11/15/2019 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Columbia University - Residential
- **Location:** 423 West 123rd Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10027
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the metal cover off a radiator and cut his thumb on a sharp edge of the cover. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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