# Cuts, lacerations at MCFA Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015064108` · 6/26/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** MCFA Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America, Inc.
- **Location:** 2121 W Sam Houston Prkwy N, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77043
- **NAICS:** 333298
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a mast on a forklift. The employee's fingers were caught in a pinch point, which resulted in severe lacerations of the middle, ring, and pinky fingers. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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