# Cuts, lacerations at ALAN WIRE COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20181111388` · 11/5/2018 · SIKESTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** ALAN WIRE COMPANY
- **Location:** 1500 W Malone, SIKESTON, MISSOURI, 63801
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a breaker plate from an extrusion machine. A piece of metal flew off, striking and lacerating the employee's neck.

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