# Cuts, lacerations at Manpower, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043563` · 4/1/2016 · CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI
## 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:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bands
## Employer
- **Name:** Manpower, Inc.
- **Location:** Walmart Store-#2600, CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI, 63005
- **NAICS:** 561330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 04/01/2016, an employee was hospitalized due to lacerating his left forearm. The employee was using a pocket knife to cut a hard plastic banding off of stacks of boxes when the banding sprung and caused the knife to lacerate his left radial artery. The employee required surgery.

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