# Cuts, lacerations at Mandel Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018076659` · 7/3/2018 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Sheet metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Mandel Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 11400 W. Addison, FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 331314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a punch press operator punch holes in a sheet of aluminum that was approximately 72" x 80". The employee and the punch press operator attempted to flip the sheet in order to punch the other side when the sheet slipped. The employee attempted to catch the sheet and received a laceration to his left wrist, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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