# Cuts, lacerations at Richmond Machine Company
> OSHA SIR `2023010061` · 1/3/2023 · MONTPELIER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Richmond Machine Company
- **Location:** 1528 Travis Drive, MONTPELIER, OHIO, 43543
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 3, 2023, at 11:45 a.m., an employee was grinding welds on a tank with a 4.5-inch electric grinder disc when it kicked back and lacerated their right ring finger down to the bone, requiring hospitalization.

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