# Cuts, lacerations at Dawn Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032699` · 3/30/2016 · MEXICO, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dawn Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 1400 Vance Rd., MEXICO, MISSOURI, 65265
- **NAICS:** 311824
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing equipment. The equipment was not locked out. The reciprocator arm contacted the employee's right arm resulting in a laceration that severed an artery requiring surgery.

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