# Cuts, lacerations at Westbank Fishing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021325` · 2/10/2020 · EMPIRE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Commercial fishing vessel
## Employer
- **Name:** Westbank Fishing, LLC
- **Location:** 136 Daybrook Lane, EMPIRE, LOUISIANA, 70050
- **NAICS:** 114119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working as a net mender, tasked with positioning the nets for fishing operations. While the employee was wrapping a rope around the cathead to position the net, his left hand was caught in the cathead and he was wrapped around the cathead several times. The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated left forearm.

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