# Cuts, lacerations at Caterpillar, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054400` · 5/7/2018 · ATHENS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar, Inc.
- **Location:** 250 Dozer Drive, ATHENS, GEORGIA, 30606
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when the employee's left foot was caught between the forklift and a rack protector, lacerating the foot from a toe to the ankle.

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