# Cuts, lacerations at Appalachian Wood Floors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032413` · 3/17/2022 · PORTSMOUTH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Appalachian Wood Floors, Inc.
- **Location:** 838 Campbell Ave., PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, 45662
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting boards at the end of a production line with a suspended circular saw. The employee's hand contacted the saw when the board the employee was holding kicked back, resulting in a lacerated middle finger.

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