# Cuts, lacerations at Edling Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021087018` · 8/18/2021 · MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Edling Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** Mandan Main Street, Street lighting and traffic lighting, MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58554
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding bolts on the base of a street light. The grinder bound up and spun out of his hands, causing a 2-inch cut on his upper left leg.

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