# Cuts, lacerations at Palmer Distribution Services
> OSHA SIR `2020099199` · 9/28/2020 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Palmer Distribution Services
- **Location:** 13001 Bay Area Blvd, PASADENA, TEXAS, 77507
- **NAICS:** 335313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift up a ramp. His right hand hit the ramp wall. The first four of his fingers were crushed, and the cutouts on a propane tank he was holding lacerated his hand. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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