# Cuts, lacerations at Core Pipe Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043294` · 4/21/2021 · SANFORD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Core Pipe Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 301 Brown Ave., SANFORD, FLORIDA, 32771
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 21, 2021, an employee was using a 4 1/2-inch handheld grinder on a 10-inch stainless steel fitted pipe. The grinder kicked back, knocked his safety glasses off, and struck his face, lacerating it near his left eye. He was hospitalized.

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