# Cuts, lacerations at Tuff Shed
> OSHA SIR `2021086831` · 8/12/2021 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tuff Shed
- **Location:** 13527 Airline Highway, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70817
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a miter saw. The blade severely cut his thumb as he was removing the piece of wood.

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