# Cuts, lacerations at XLC Services
> OSHA SIR `2021053780` · 5/7/2021 · MEHOOPANY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bands
- **Secondary source:** Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** XLC Services
- **Location:** Route 87, MEHOOPANY, PENNSYLVANIA, 18629
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a portable shear to cut metal banding off a fiber bale. The banding struck the employee causing a laceration to their right arm that required hospitalization.

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