# Cuts, lacerations at ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015042093` · 4/17/2015 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment while moving it
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC.
- **Location:** 1625 SE 3rd Ave, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33316
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a dock plate to unload cargo and the dock plate caused a severe laceration of the right hand middle finger.

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