# Cuts, lacerations at Serta Simmons Bedding
> OSHA SIR `2021032553` · 3/25/2021 · RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Garage doors
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** Serta Simmons Bedding
- **Location:** 3774 Interstate Park Rd. N., RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA, 33404
- **NAICS:** 337910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing the dock door at approximately 11:50 PM on 3/25/2021. As he pulled the cable to close the door, the cable wrapped around the yellow safety pole and was pulled taut against the pole. The employee's left middle finger got pinched between the cable and the pole and the fingertip was severely lacerated. The employee required hospitalization and surgery.

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