# Cuts, lacerations at Department of Veterans Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2015097213` · 9/11/2015 · MOUNTAIN HOME, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Paper, sheets
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Location:** Corner of Lamont & Veterans Way, MOUNTAIN HOME, TENNESSEE, 37684
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On or about 9/11/2015 a Department of Veterans Affairs employee was folding letters and putting them into envelopes and sustained a paper cut on his left thumb.  The cut became infected and the employee was admitted to the hospital for treatment.

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