# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Sloan & Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065744` · 6/22/2017 · PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sloan & Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 140 ridgewood ave, PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY, 07652
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting wood with a miter saw when the wood kicked out, causing his left hand to contact the saw blade. His hand was lacerated and fractured, requiring hospitalization and surgery. The saw was guarded and proper PPE was worn at the time.

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