# Cuts, lacerations at Vantec Hitachi Transport System (USA), Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022119762` · 11/7/2022 · JACKSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Vantec Hitachi Transport System (USA), Inc.
- **Location:** 120 Midway Road, JACKSON, GEORGIA, 30233
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was using a forklift to stack pallets onto racks when his clipboard fell into the mast area of the forklift. The employee reached into the area to retrieve the board and his body actuated the carriage. His right arm got caught between the installed plexiglass and the carriage, resulting in a laceration to the forearm below the elbow.

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