# Cuts, lacerations at Germantown Iron & Steel Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2016042825` · 4/5/2016 · JACKSON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Germantown Iron & Steel Corp.
- **Location:** N174 W21370 Alcan Drive, JACKSON, WISCONSIN, 53037
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shearer to cut a metal plate during prep work. A piece of the metal shear blade broke and hit him in the neck, causing a neck laceration.

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