# Cuts, lacerations at CEC Companies
> OSHA SIR `2017053941` · 5/1/2017 · RICHARDSON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Drills-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** CEC Companies
- **Location:** 300 W Lenard Rd, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, 75080
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching through a 4-inch hole to drill a pilot hole into an electrical panel when his left finger touched the trigger on the drill and turned it on. The drill then lacerated the top of his left hand.

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