# Cuts, lacerations at Packers Sanitation Services Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017065572` · 6/18/2017 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Packers Sanitation Services Inc
- **Location:** 3001 L St., OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68107
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an assembly line and attempting to remove a piece of meat from a running conveyor belt when his left hand was caught between the chain and sprocket on the belt. He suffered several lacerations to his left hand and wrist. The conveyor was not locked out at the time.

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