# Cuts, lacerations at S & S Packaging Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210905` · 12/20/2021 · CRANESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** S & S Packaging Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 10549 Crosby Circle, CRANESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16410
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was kneeling on the floor, using a hand grinder with a wire wheel to remove paint from a post. The drawstring of the employee's sweatshirt became caught in the wire, which pulled the wheel toward the employee. The wire wheel struck the right side of the employee's face and neck, severely lacerating the neck and injuring the right side of the jaw.

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