# Cuts, lacerations at ALLIANCE VINYL WINDOWS CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016098423` · 9/7/2016 · MOUNT EPHRAIM, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** ALLIANCE VINYL WINDOWS CO., INC.
- **Location:** 301 CRESCENT BOULEVARD, MOUNT EPHRAIM, NEW JERSEY, 08059
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing to the left side of a truck adjacent to the lift gate with his right hand stabilizing a window and left hand on the edge of the truck bed when a coworker raised the lift gate. His left thumb was caught between the lift gate and the truck's tailgate, causing a deep cut that required hospitalization.

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