# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Modern Plating Corporation*
> OSHA SIR `20181213001` · 12/19/2018 · FREEPORT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Modern Plating Corporation*
- **Location:** 701 S. Hancock Ave., FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, 61032
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was cleaning a conveyor on a machine when the glove on his right hand was caught on the hinge of the conveyor and pulled into the motorized wheel causing a laceration, contusion, and bruises. The employee was hospitalized.

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