# Cuts, lacerations at TRANE
> OSHA SIR `2015074897` · 7/21/2015 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TRANE
- **Location:** Sierra Medical Center, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79902
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 10, 2015, an employee scratched his left ring finger while placing the door back on an HVAC unit he was servicing. The finger became infected and required hospitalization.

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