# Cuts, lacerations at Nordson Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017099007` · 9/20/2017 · SWAINSBORO, GEORGIA
## 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nordson Corporation
- **Location:** 1159 Empire Expressway, SWAINSBORO, GEORGIA, 30401
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove residue from a machine's chain when the employee's right index finger was caught and lacerated in a pinch point between the chain and sprocket. The machine was running at the time.

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