# Cuts, lacerations at Trecora Chemical
> OSHA SIR `20171111364` · 11/30/2017 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(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:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Trecora Chemical
- **Location:** 12500 Bay Area Blvd., PASADENA, TEXAS, 77507
- **NAICS:** 325110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean material build-up off of a rotoformer machine's rotating belt when his glove was caught by the rotating parts, pulling his right hand into the machine and lacerating his palm. He required surgery.

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