# Cuts, lacerations at LFI FORT PIERCE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018065928` · 6/16/2018 · DAVENPORT, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** LFI FORT PIERCE, INC.
- **Location:** 115 East Orange St, DAVENPORT, FLORIDA, 33837
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was entering a trench that was 4 feet by 8 feet and 4 feet deep to help install a propane gas tank. While entering the trench, which had wood and aluminum siding installed, the employee slipped and fell. The siding then lacerated his left forearm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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