# Cuts, lacerations at Ham's Well Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065421` · 6/17/2016 · MAXBASS, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Ham's Well Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 23rd Avenue NW & 97th Street NW, MAXBASS, NORTH DAKOTA, 58760
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the belts on a pumping unit. The employee left one bolt in place and held the 40-pound guard up with his shoulder. The guard slipped from his shoulder and lacerated his bicep, requiring hospitalization.

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