# Cuts, lacerations at Mowrey Elevator Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021053963` · 5/14/2021 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## 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:** Mowrey Elevator Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 910 E Las Olas Blvd, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33301
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a sheet of metal to cut for the controller box. The sheet metal slipped from his hand while using a 4" hand grinder and sliced a finger on his left hand. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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