# Cuts, lacerations at Thermal Tech Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087692` · 8/14/2020 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Thermal Tech Inc.
- **Location:** 10324 Fisher Ave., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an angle grinder, cleaning a metal surface on a cart. The wire wheel caught a large burr, kicked back, and caught the employee's shirt. It wrapped up in the loose material and lacerated the employee's left wrist/forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

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