# Cuts, lacerations at Kloeckner Metals Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021108699` · 10/8/2021 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Tool parts, accessories, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Kloeckner Metals Corporation
- **Location:** 4940 W. Bloomingdale Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60639
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hand-held pneumatic grinder to do a vertical grind of a metal gear rack when the griding disc flew off and hit the employee's left shoulder, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.

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