# Cuts, lacerations at Whirlpool Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191112018` · 11/19/2019 · CLYDE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Whirlpool Corporation
- **Location:** 119 BIRDSEYE ST., CLYDE, OHIO, 43410
- **NAICS:** 335224
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a 6-foot by 6-foot piece of horizontal structural steel frame using a powered grinding tool. Once the cut was through, the cutting wheel/disk became lodged in the steel, causing the grinding tool to kick back and lacerate the employee's left forearm above the wrist.

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