# Cuts, lacerations at Red Roof Inns, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017088430` · 8/31/2017 · DOWNERS GROVE, 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:** Air conditioning units
## Employer
- **Name:** Red Roof Inns, Inc
- **Location:** 1113 Butterfield Rd., DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60515
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing an air conditioning unit from a wall when he dropped an envelope in the unit. As he attempted to retrieve the envelope, the unit's fan blade deeply lacerated his hand, requiring surgery.

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