# Cuts, lacerations at Polychemie Inc./SNF inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054598` · 5/23/2023 · BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Polychemie Inc./SNF inc.
- **Location:** 3080 Port and Harbor Drive, BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI, 39520
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding an area on a chiller so that the supporting legs could be welded to the structure. The grinding disk bound and kicked inward toward the employee, lacerating the front of the employee's leg above the knee.

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