# Cuts, lacerations at RKI, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019022099` · 2/25/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** RKI, Inc.
- **Location:** 2301 Central Parkway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77092
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a brake press to flatten a part. When the machine cycled, his right thumb was pinched between the part and the ram and the thumb tip was lacerated.

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