# Cuts, lacerations at SERTA MATTRESS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017010286` · 1/10/2017 · GROVETOWN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** SERTA MATTRESS INC.
- **Location:** 6010 Horizon West Pkwy, GROVETOWN, GEORGIA, 30813
- **NAICS:** 337910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was baling material and using a retractable box cutter to cut a box down to bale it when the blade went through the cardboard and lacerated his left wrist requiring hospitalization.

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