# Cuts, lacerations at XPO Logistics
> OSHA SIR `2016032009` · 3/7/2016 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO Logistics
- **Location:** 14208 Hughes Lane, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75254
- **NAICS:** 488999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making an inside delivery and was cutting a strap with a box cutter. The strap was resistant to the box cutter, so he pulled with more force. The blade came past the box and cut his inside wrist and forearm area, severing a blood vessel. He was hospitalized.

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