# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Brewster Cheese Company
> OSHA SIR `2024098404` · 9/10/2024 · BREWSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Chips, pellets  metal
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Brewster Cheese Company
- **Location:** 800 South Wabash Ave S., BREWSTER, OHIO, 44613
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee hosed down the floor and then used his hands to squeegee the floor when a metal sliver got stuck in their finger, resulting in a puncture wound that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

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