# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Caterpillar, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032169` · 3/10/2024 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar, Inc.
- **Location:** 4633 Perrin Creek, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78217
- **NAICS:** 332721
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance technician was measuring the width on a metal compressor's stroke length when their finger was pinched in the machine. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations to their finger.

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