# Cuts, lacerations at Miscellaneous Steel Fabricators
> OSHA SIR `2023021249` · 2/8/2023 · SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Miscellaneous Steel Fabricators
- **Location:** 1404 Dunnsville Road, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, 12306
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was polishing a rail using a finishing pulley with a polishing belt, which was attached to a disc grinder. The belt slipped, and the wheel lacerated the employee's left knee.

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