# Cuts, lacerations at Buffalo Recycling Enterprises, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015096514` · 9/8/2015 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Buffalo Recycling Enterprises, LLC
- **Location:** 266 Hopkins Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14220
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While moving a large, heavy-duty stand-up fan, an employee's right thumb was severely lacerated to and/or through the bone by the fan blade. The employee was hospitalized. The fan was running at the time of the incident.

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