# Cuts, lacerations at THORP EQUIPMENT, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020077088` · 7/28/2020 · THORP, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Cheek(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** THORP EQUIPMENT, INC.
- **Location:** N14160 COUNTY RD. M, THORP, WISCONSIN, 54771
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 28, 2020, an employee was moving a piece of steel on his workbench. The steel shifted and struck him in the face, lacerating his cheek.

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