# Cuts, lacerations at US Army Reserve-AMSA
> OSHA SIR `2020043993` · 4/30/2020 · GUAYNABO, PUERTO RICO
## 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:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** US Army Reserve-AMSA
- **Location:** Building 653,Route 28, GUAYNABO, PUERTO RICO, 00965
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On April 30, 2020, an employee was removing torque rods from a truck tractor using a 25-pound sledge hammer when the sledge hammer struck his left third finger, lacerating it and requiring surgery and hospitalization.

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