# Cuts, lacerations at Defiance Metal Products
> OSHA SIR `20231211096` · 12/5/2023 · HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Defiance Metal Products
- **Location:** 944 By Pass Rd., HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72543
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 5, 2023, an employee was setting up a brake press machine when a piece of the bottom die burst and struck the employee. They sustained a laceration to the lower right side of the abdomen.

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