# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Cleveland Brothers Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2024010040` · 1/3/2024 · HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Grinders  handtool
## Employer
- **Name:** Cleveland Brothers Equipment Company
- **Location:** 5300 Paxton Street, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17111
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a battery-powered portable grinder to cut a battery terminal when the cut-off wheel broke. A piece of the cut-off wheel then lacerated the employee's left thumb.

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