# Cuts, lacerations at Homer Laughlin China Company
> OSHA SIR `2016053841` · 5/5/2016 · NEWELL, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Homer Laughlin China Company
- **Location:** 672 Fiesta Drive, NEWELL, WEST VIRGINIA, 26050
- **NAICS:** 327112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 5, 2016, at approximately 6:30pm, an employee was injured after being cut by a mold carrier tray. With a guard removed, the employee reached into the machine and the machine pulled him in, resulting in lacerations to the arm and hospitalization.

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