# Cuts, lacerations at Southland International Trucks, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016053849` · 5/6/2016 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Southland International Trucks, Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 2nd Avenue South, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35233
- **NAICS:** 811121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/6/2016, an employee was sandblasting in the body shop. The sandblasting wand slipped and contacted the employee's left forearm causing a laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

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