# Cuts, lacerations at PM Engineered Solutions, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032356` · 3/15/2023 · WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** PM Engineered Solutions, Inc.
- **Location:** 140 Commercial St., WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT, 06795
- **NAICS:** 332117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forging press machine. He went to load a part into the machine that already had a part in it. When the die came down, the parts shattered and shrapnel lacerated the employee's neck. The injury required surgery.

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