# Cuts, lacerations at Willbros Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161211551` · 12/12/2016 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## 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:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Rails-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Willbros Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 1016 Lakin Avenue, PASADENA, TEXAS, 77506
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was putting together a slide rail-style protective system. In the process, the injured employee was positioned on the right-hand side of the retaining wall. While the crew was positioning the wall into the positioning slots, the wall jolted to the right-hand side and pinched the employee's hand between the retaining wall and the slide rail. His right pinky and middle fingers were lacerated.

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