# Cuts, lacerations at Packaging Corporation of America
> OSHA SIR `2015096452` · 9/4/2015 · NAMPA, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Packaging Corporation of America
- **Location:** 1808 East Chisom Dr., NAMPA, IDAHO, 83687
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the shredder with an air wand when the air wand swung back and struck the employee. The employee sustained a laceration from the throat to the ear and was hospitalized.

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