# Cuts, lacerations at Crown Linen Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212771` · 12/12/2018 · COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s) and arms(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Fabric pressers and ironing appliances
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Crown Linen Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 322 E Industrial Dr, COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS, 62236
- **NAICS:** 812320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding clothing through the ironer when her sweater and left arm were pulled into a gear causing a severe laceration to her arm/elbow damaging nerves and an artery.

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