# Cuts, lacerations at Hollis Line Machine Co. Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099355` · 9/9/2019 · MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Hollis Line Machine Co. Inc.
- **Location:** 128 Old Wilton Rd., MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03055
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a steel plate using a grinder equipped with a cut-off wheel. The cut-off wheel jammed in the material causing the grinder to kick back. The employee dropped the grinder. The employee was hit by the spinning cut-off wheel and sustained a laceration to the right shin area.

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