# Cuts, lacerations at Tower Automotive
> OSHA SIR `2019010214` · 1/8/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Tower Automotive
- **Location:** 12350 S. Avenue O, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60633
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking off his coat to start his shift when his left index finger hit scrap metal, causing a laceration that required hospitalization and surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*