# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Lincoln Recycling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025077124` · 7/22/2025 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Shearing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Lincoln Recycling, Inc.
- **Location:** 1602 Selinger Avenue, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16505
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were using a stationary shear to cut scrap metal material into pieces. The injured employee was working as the "picker," standing at the shaker table to remove any garbage or wood from the cut material. Employee 2 was loading material onto the shear for processing. A piece of metal was ejected from the shear and struck the injured employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration to his abdomen. The shear was not guarded at the time.

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