# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Estwing Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065790` · 6/27/2024 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Chips, pellets  metal
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Estwing Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2647 8th St., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
- **NAICS:** 332212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forging machine to make a tool when a piece of metal broke off the machine and flew into his right thigh.

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