EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A HEADLIGHT THAT WAS INOPERATIVE AFTER HE UNBOLTED IT, HE PULLED ON IT TO BREAK IT LOOSE FROM THE BRACKET. AS HE DID HE RUBBED HIS HAND AGAINST THE BRACKER CAUSING THE LACERATION. HE WAS TAKEN TO GIBSON GENERAL E.R. WHERE THE LACERATION REQUIRED 7 SUTURES TO CLOSE. HE WAS THEN RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK.