# Cuts, lacerations at Gerome Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2016109530` · 10/10/2016 · SMITHFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerome Manufacturing
- **Location:** 80 Laurel View Drive, SMITHFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, 15478
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a time saver machine (which is similar to a wood planer but for metal) when he lost his balance and received a laceration from the thumb to the forearm.

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