# Cuts, lacerations at LFI Fort Pierce, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022119994` · 11/14/2022 · ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** LFI Fort Pierce, Inc.
- **Location:** Cotton Storage, Inc., ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, 71301
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was helping a forklift driver secure a hay bale with a hook. The hook came off while the forklift was setting the bale down, struck the employee in the right eye, and lacerated the employee's eyelid and the area under the eye.

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