# Cuts, lacerations at James Hardie Building Products
> OSHA SIR `2015020847` · 2/27/2015 · ELKHORN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** James Hardie Building Products
- **Location:** Husker Siding, ELKHORN, NEBRASKA, 68022
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting siding into 2-inch strips using a circular saw on a saw horse. The strip started to buckle; the employee reached to grab it, cutting the palm at the finger joint.

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