# Cuts, lacerations at HomeServe Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2022032857` · 3/30/2022 · EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** HomeServe Energy Services
- **Location:** 2332 Hollowview Drive, EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18040
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting a new installation of a residential air conditioning unit. The employee was cutting to size a flexible, non-metallic conduit with a utility knife when the knife slipped and lacerated his opposing palm.

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