# Cuts, lacerations at RIPA & ASSOCIATES
> OSHA SIR `2023043582` · 4/21/2023 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
## Employer
- **Name:** RIPA & ASSOCIATES
- **Location:** 1409 TECH BOULEVARD SUITE 1, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting wood using a miter saw when the piece of wood shattered, drawing the employee's left hand into the blade. The employee sustained a severe laceration on their left hand.

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