# Cuts, lacerations at JENKINS WOODWORKING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017098656` · 9/8/2017 · NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(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:** JENKINS WOODWORKING, INC.
- **Location:** 146 Brenton Road, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 02840
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a utility knife to notch out sections of a composite trim when the knife slipped on the hard surface of the trim and struck the employee's left forearm, severing an artery and cutting veins. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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