# Cuts, lacerations at CenturyLink
> OSHA SIR `2016087940` · 8/23/2016 · CONROE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Pliers, tongs
## Employer
- **Name:** CenturyLink
- **Location:** side of the road (utility right of way) Calhoun Rd,, CONROE, TEXAS, 77302
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 23, 2016, at approximately 11:30 a.m., an employee was removing the sheath from a telecommunications cable 
using needle nose pliers. The pliers slipped and struck the employee's left hand between the index finger and thumb, causing a laceration/cut.

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