# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at WestRock
> OSHA SIR `2024076418` · 7/16/2024 · COTTONTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock
- **Location:** 145 Highway 165 S, COTTONTON, ALABAMA, 36851
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing the clean-up chain with a stick when he fell backward into the cut-off saw area. His arm struck against the saw, resulting in severe lacerations. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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