# Cuts, lacerations at Chippewa Pallet Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020042988` · 4/2/2020 · CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Chippewa Pallet Inc.
- **Location:** 8268 Commerce Pkwy, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54729
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 2, 2020, an employee was sending pieces of wood stock through a chop saw's infeed table. The wood jammed, and the sawblade cut the top of the employee's left hand while he tried to clear the machine.

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