# Cuts, lacerations at Mayfield Ice Cream
> OSHA SIR `2015075078` · 7/27/2015 · HOMEWOOD, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Mayfield Ice Cream
- **Location:** 126 Barber Court, HOMEWOOD, ALABAMA, 35209
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a fan motor belt. The belt was energized at the time. His left hand slipped and his fingers came into contact with the spinning fan blades, resulting in multiple lacerations to the left-hand fingers/fingertips. He was hospitalized and received stitches.

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