# Cuts, lacerations at International Paper
> OSHA SIR `2018010127` · 1/4/2018 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper
- **Location:** 204 Southpark Rd., LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70508
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a truck battery with a clamp when his finger became caught between the battery and clamp. As he pulled his hand back, his left middle finger was lacerated, requiring hospitalization.

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