# Cuts, lacerations at AWS Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211909` · 12/23/2016 · SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** AWS Inc.
- **Location:** 54 Hannaford Drive, SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE, 04106
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pallet jack to select product and pinned his hand between the jack handle and the rack. Surgery was performed on the employee's left pinky finger to repair a cut tendon.

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