# Cuts, lacerations at Continental Tire North America
> OSHA SIR `2021043372` · 4/23/2021 · MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Continental Tire North America
- **Location:** 11525 N IL Highway 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a knife to cut a piece of rubber when the knife slipped and cut the employee's left forearm, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.

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