# Cuts, lacerations at AID TO HOSPITALS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019010042` · 1/2/2019 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## 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:** Special process machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** AID TO HOSPITALS, INC.
- **Location:** 45 MCKEE ROAD, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14624
- **NAICS:** 811490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had finished repairs and adjustments on the small piece folder machine. The employee was confirming proper operation of the machine when their right sleeve was caught by a moving part and drawn into the machine causing a severe laceration on the palm of their right hand. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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