# Cuts, lacerations at Terry's Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088934` · 8/29/2018 · POLK CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Terry's Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 8619 Rindge Rd, POLK CITY, FLORIDA, 33868
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a ground rod with a sledge hammer when the shaft of the handle pulled away from the ground rod, came down, and pinched his right thumb. His thumb was lacerated and required stitches. He was hospitalized after having an allergic reaction to antibiotics.

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