# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Underwriters Laboratories Inc DBA UL Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2024021769` · 2/26/2024 · NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Grinders  handtool
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Underwriters Laboratories Inc DBA UL Solutions
- **Location:** 333 Pfingsten Rd, NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60062
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 12:45 p.m. on February 26, 2024, an employee was scrapping a door frame, using an angle grinder to trim the frame and then discard the scrap into a metal recycling bin. Some of the material shifted, and the angle grinder lacerated his right knee. He was hospitalized.

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