# Cuts, lacerations at Tampa Bay Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021043070` · 4/12/2021 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tampa Bay Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 6901 E 6th Avenue, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling stainless expanded metal from a rack. The metal lacerated the employee's right hand, cutting through an artery and a tendon. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

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