# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024087654` · 8/20/2024 · CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Chips, pellets  metal
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 677 MIXVILLE ROAD, CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT, 06410
- **NAICS:** 331522
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a hammer machine to forge a heated nickel alloy billet. A fragment of the material broke off and struck the employee in his abdomen. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery to have the piece of metal removed from his abdomen.

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