# Cuts, lacerations at Lawley's Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020088268` · 8/31/2020 · PLAINVIEW, TEXAS
## 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:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Lawley's Inc.
- **Location:** 1208 N. Columbia Street, PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, 79072
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a handheld grinder to cut an angle iron when the cutting blade became trapped between two pieces of metal and jumped back, cutting his right index finger to the bone. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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