# Cuts, lacerations at Berry Specialing Tapes
> OSHA SIR `20171110811` · 11/9/2017 · RIVERHEAD, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Clothing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Berry Specialing Tapes
- **Location:** 1852 Old country Rd, RIVERHEAD, NEW YORK, 11901
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a drum mixer when his clothing became caught in the mixer, pulling his arm into the machine. His upper right arm was lacerated. The machine was unguarded and not locked/tagged out at the time.

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