# Cuts, lacerations at Gayland Ward Seed Company
> OSHA SIR `2018088426` · 8/16/2018 · HEREFORD, TEXAS
## 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gayland Ward Seed Company
- **Location:** 4395 US Hwy 60, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee moved a belt that controls a rotating auger to clear a clog. When the clog cleared, the auger started up, pulling the employee's right hand into the auger and lacerating it.

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