# Cuts, lacerations at TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INC
> OSHA SIR `2022108780` · 10/5/2022 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Assailant, suspect, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INC
- **Location:** Minnesota Ave & 19th Street SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20020
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was directing traffic at an intersection. After he asked a driver to stop, the driver got out of his vehicle and attacked the employee with a machete. The second swing of the blade struck the employee's hand, causing a laceration, broken bones, and tendon damage. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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