# Cuts, lacerations at Briggs & Stratton Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021086884` · 8/13/2021 · STATESBORO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Briggs & Stratton Corporation
- **Location:** 7251 Zell Miller Parkway, STATESBORO, GEORGIA, 30458
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A trim die was being transported by a forklift. When the die was placed on the ground, the top part of it popped off and crushed an employee's hand against a set of metal stairs. The employee suffered a laceration to the right hand between the thumb and the index finger.

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