# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers
> OSHA SIR `2024054788` · 5/31/2024 · TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Machine and tool parts, accessories  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Grinders  handtool
## Employer
- **Name:** Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers
- **Location:** 2403 West Main Street, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38801
- **NAICS:** 811191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding an exhaust pipe with an angle grinder when the grinding disc broke apart, striking and lacerating the employee's left forearm.

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