# Cuts, lacerations at GENERAL PLASTICS & COMPOSITES, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `20181111933` · 11/20/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GENERAL PLASTICS & COMPOSITES, L.P.
- **Location:** 6910 E. Orem Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77075
- **NAICS:** 326130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to reposition a mandrel by hand when a puller engaged, causing the tooling to press against the puller plate. The employee's ring fingertip and nail were lacerated.

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