# Cuts, lacerations at Westlake Chemical Lake Charles South
> OSHA SIR `20171212227` · 12/27/2017 · WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Westlake Chemical Lake Charles South
- **Location:** 1300 PPG Drive, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking through a metal door when two of his left-hand fingers became jammed and lacerated between the closing metal door and the metal door frame.

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