# Cuts, lacerations at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021097858` · 9/13/2021 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1001 California Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15290
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the arm controller tensioner on a machine. As he pulled his right hand back, it struck a guard, which lacerated the back of the hand.

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