# Cuts, lacerations at Harrahs Joliet
> OSHA SIR `20181011113` · 10/28/2018 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Fabric pressers and ironing appliances
## Employer
- **Name:** Harrahs Joliet
- **Location:** 151 N. Joliet Street, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60432
- **NAICS:** 713210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 28, 2018, an employee was servicing a sheet ironer when the employee's right index finger was caught and severely lacerated between a gear and chain, requiring hospitalization.

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