# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at ABCO Peerless Sprinkler Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024010508` · 1/17/2024 · HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Saws  except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** ABCO Peerless Sprinkler Corporation
- **Location:** 50 Midland Avenue, HICKSVILLE, NEW YORK, 11801
- **NAICS:** 922160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a battery-powered band saw to cut a piece of 3/8-inch rod. The saw lacerated his left index finger and cut into the nail bed. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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