# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Textron
> OSHA SIR `2024065447` · 6/19/2024 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Textron
- **Location:** 19401 Chef Menteur Hwy., NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70129
- **NAICS:** 336992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in the welding training booth was working to back gouge a weld on a 5mm plate. While grinding, the gouger high-centered and walked over the plate striking and severely lacerating 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*