# Cuts, lacerations at Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018066345` · 6/26/2018 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania, Inc.
- **Location:** 207 Pitney Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 312210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking next to a ramp while a forklift was bringing a 10-foot wooden crate down the ramp. The crate's door swung open; the employee was trying to close it when the forklift began moving backward. The employee's right arm was caught between the door and a metal beam, causing a substantial laceration near the elbow.

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