# Multiple types of open wounds at HK Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110573` · 11/16/2023 · SANDUSKY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple types of open wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** HK Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 4413 W. Bogart Rd., SANDUSKY, OHIO, 44870
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 16, 2023, an employee was using a handheld skinner to cut the skin off pork loins that were going down the line in a processing plant. The employee was holding the skinner with their left hand and the product with their right hand when the skinner blade contacted their right hand. The employee suffered a loss of skin on their index and middle finger as well as a laceration down to the bone, resulting in hospitalization.

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