# Cuts, lacerations at LYON SHIPYARD, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054698` · 5/27/2016 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** LYON SHIPYARD, Inc.
- **Location:** 1818 BROWN AVENUE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23504
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cutting/turning stainless steel on a summit lathe. As the shavings came off the stainless steel, they lacerated the base of his left thumb, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

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