# Cuts, lacerations at Virginia-Carolina Steel Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021032514` · 3/24/2021 · HAMPTON, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Virginia-Carolina Steel Inc
- **Location:** Langley Air Force Base, HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, 23665
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A temporary employee was on a step ladder adjusting an open-web bar joist in the overhead of a hanger bay. The joist slipped and as the employee grabbed the joist, it lacerated the palm of the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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