# Cuts, lacerations at Cajun Sugar Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087869` · 8/19/2020 · NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Fasteners, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cajun Sugar Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 2711 Northside Road, NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA, 70563
- **NAICS:** 311314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a portable hydraulic press to push a pin out of a pipe. The pin sheared off and flew toward the employee's head, lacerating it.

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