# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Vista Metals, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025010674` · 1/21/2025 · BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Vista Metals, Inc
- **Location:** 65 Ballou Boulevard, BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND, 02809
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a splitter machine to coil a metal wire when it uncoiled and lacerated their left forearm.

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