# Cuts, lacerations at Great Northern Lumber, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017088316` · 8/29/2017 · BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Northern Lumber, Inc.
- **Location:** 2200 Burr Oak Ave., BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS, 60406
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a saw when it grabbed his sleeve and pulled his left hand into the spinning blade, cutting it. The blade was guarded at the time.

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