# Cuts, lacerations at Genuine Parts Company
> OSHA SIR `20181111495` · 11/7/2018 · BUXTON, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Genuine Parts Company
- **Location:** IBS Gorham Sand and Gravel, BUXTON, MAINE, 04093
- **NAICS:** 423120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting freight away and was cutting open zip ties with a knife. He missed the package and the knife hit his arm, resulting in a large laceration to his left wrist. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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