# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Hamburg Plowworks
> OSHA SIR `2024087879` · 8/26/2024 · HAMBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(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:** Hamburg Plowworks
- **Location:** 1021 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, HAMBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 19526
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hand grinder when the grinding disc broke and struck his lower left leg, lacerating it.

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