# Cuts, lacerations at Trumpf Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021086735` · 8/10/2021 · DES PLAINES, 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:** Trumpf Inc
- **Location:** 1 Innovation Drive, DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, 60016
- **NAICS:** 333517
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A Trumpf Inc. employee was uncrating and unpacking a piece of equipment. As the employee used his pocket knife to cut off zip ties on the equipment, the knife slipped and the blade cut into his right forearm and hit an artery. He was hospitalized.

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