# Cuts, lacerations at Regal Staffing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021508` · 2/15/2017 · HURST, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Regal Staffing, Inc.
- **Location:** 1149 West Hurst Blvd., HURST, TEXAS, 76053
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a winding machine when it became jammed, causing the stitching to break. As the employee attempted to remove the string, his left middle finger was caught and lacerated between the machine's sling and pulley. The machine 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*