# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Grease Monkey
> OSHA SIR `2024021190` · 2/7/2024 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Handtools  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Grease Monkey
- **Location:** 10405 Slide Road, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79424
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hand tool to remove a hard plastic cover from a piece of oil change equipment. The tool, held in his right hand, slipped and punctured his left hand between the thumb and the index finger. He suffered a 3/8-inch puncture wound that hit an artery in the hand.

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