# Cuts, lacerations at Midwest Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2015021147` · 2/4/2015 · PLANO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Manufacturing
- **Location:** 2651 Eldamain Rd., PLANO, ILLINOIS, 60545
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injured by a utility knife. He was cutting banding on a wood bundle when the knife slipped, and he cut his left forearm.

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