# Cuts, lacerations at General Electric Aviation
> OSHA SIR `2016010729` · 1/25/2016 · LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** General Electric Aviation
- **Location:** 1000 Western Avenue, LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01910
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to put a part on a shelf when the part hit an end cap and bounced back. He put up his arms to protect his face and the part lacerated his left arm.

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