# Cuts, lacerations at Gateway Dealer Network, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022097811` · 9/1/2022 · CARTERVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(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:** Gateway Dealer Network, LLC
- **Location:** 1417 Donna Drive, CARTERVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62918
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening packaging on a new water hose for a pressure washer. The employee was using a utility knife to cut zip ties off the packaging when the knife slipped off the zip ties and contacted the employee's left wrist, resulting in a laceration to the wrist that cut an artery.

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