# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at HIab USA
> OSHA SIR `2024031908` · 3/1/2024 · HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with non-running objects or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine parts  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HIab USA
- **Location:** 19 Power Drive, HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK, 11788
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading truck-mounted forklift carriages to palletize and band them. He had moved one carriage and was putting another one on top of it when the second carriage slipped. His left hand was crushed between the two carriages, and he suffered cuts to the index and middle fingers. He was hospitalized, requiring stitches and tendon surgery.

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