# Cuts, lacerations at CAMERON
> OSHA SIR `2021032274` · 3/16/2021 · MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** CAMERON
- **Location:** 3007 HWY 182, MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA, 70380
- **NAICS:** 313320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 10:40 a.m. on March 16, 2021, an employee was pushing a 24-inch-long, 6-inch-diameter steel pipe with a forklift. The pipe slid off the fork, smashing employee's right index finger against the fork. The employee suffered a laceration to the finger.

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