# Cuts, lacerations at Coushatta Forest Products LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087563` · 8/17/2023 · COUSHATTA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Coushatta Forest Products LLC
- **Location:** 306 Wilkinson Street, COUSHATTA, LOUISIANA, 71019
- **NAICS:** 113210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working a maintenance shift when a pulley holding a load of lumber malfunctioned, destroying the belt shaft. Metal shrapnel then struck the employee in the abdomen, causing a laceration that required hospitalization.

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