# Cuts, lacerations at Defense Logistics Agency, Distribution Anniston
> OSHA SIR `2018088915` · 8/28/2018 · ANNISTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Cheek(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Defense Logistics Agency, Distribution Anniston
- **Location:** 7 Frankford Ave., ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36201
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a wooden crate with a rubber-handled claw hammer when his hands slipped off the hammer handle and the rubber end of the hammer struck his face. He suffered a left cheek laceration.

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