# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at NSD Metal Fabrication, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025077063` · 7/21/2025 · MERRIMAC, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Grinders  handtool
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** NSD Metal Fabrication, Inc.
- **Location:** 51 E. Main Street, MERRIMAC, MASSACHUSETTS, 01860
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding a part when the grinding disk got caught on the part and jumped outward, contacting the employee's left forearm. The employee suffered a gash and severed artery that required hospitalization and surgery.

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