# Cuts, lacerations at Barnett Southern Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018021983` · 2/27/2018 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Barnett Southern Corporation
- **Location:** Marvin Griffin Road, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30906
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in front of a 24" steel casing while an adjoining 24" steel casing was being moved. The employee was then crushed between the two casings, suffering a laceration to the lower part of the right leg.

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