# Cuts, lacerations at Grimco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099341` · 9/9/2019 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Grimco, Inc.
- **Location:** 253 DISTRIBUTION DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35209
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While loading a piece of metal into a shear, an employee's finger contacted the shear blade. The employee sustained a laceration to his index finger.

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