# Cuts, lacerations at Universal Plastics Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021086632` · 8/6/2021 · LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **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:** Universal Plastics Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 59 Bay Hill Drive, LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15650
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming excess material from plastic using a knife. The knife slipped and cut through his protective apron, lacerating his abdomen.

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