# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Talladega Foundry & Machine Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043281` · 4/9/2025 · TALLADEGA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **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:** Talladega Foundry & Machine Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 726 Stone Ave, TALLADEGA, ALABAMA, 35160
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grinding wheel when it came apart and struck him in the torso and chin. He suffered lacerations/punctures to the right side of the chin and the right side of the torso.

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