# Cuts, lacerations at Department of Veterans Affairs, Hudson Valley Health Care System, FDR Campus
> OSHA SIR `2021086640` · 8/7/2021 · MONTROSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Veterans Affairs, Hudson Valley Health Care System, FDR Campus
- **Location:** 2094 Albany Post Rd, MONTROSE, NEW YORK, 10548
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a handheld grinder to grind bolts off of a water shut-off valve when the grinder kicked back and contacted his right hand and wrist, resulting in lacerations.

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