# Cuts, lacerations at Caterpillar, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019066536` · 6/28/2019 · MORTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar, Inc.
- **Location:** 500 N. Morton Ave., MORTON, ILLINOIS, 61550
- **NAICS:** 333131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 28, 2019, a maintenance employee was cutting through a damaged highway guardrail with a portable reciprocating saw when the guardrail moved and struck his left forearm, resulting in a tendon laceration that required hospitalization.

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