# Cuts, lacerations at CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019077556` · 7/24/2019 · FORT MORGAN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1505 E. BURLINGTON AVENUE, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift when the side of the forklift came in contact with a guard that was protecting a piece of equipment. The guard snapped and hit the employee in the elbow resulting in a laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

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