# Cuts, lacerations at Liddy's Machine Shop, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111204` · 11/22/2017 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Liddy's Machine Shop, Inc.
- **Location:** 825 Dora St., JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32204
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 22, 2017, at approximately 7:35 a.m., an employee was using a two-hand grinder to cut off bolts when the grinder slipped out of his hand and hit his left arm. The spinning cut-off wheel deeply cut into his left arm between the wrist and elbow, requiring hospitalization. The grinder guard was removed at the time of the incident.

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