# Cuts, lacerations at Wabtec Components, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023076405` · 7/18/2023 · CHILLICOTHE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wabtec Components, LLC
- **Location:** 387 Wetzel Drive, CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, 45601
- **NAICS:** 332613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a miter saw to cut 15-foot pieces of plastic. A piece kicked back into the saw and as the employee went to grab the plastic, they contacted the blade. The employee sustained lacerations to the left hand and thumb.

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