# Cuts, lacerations at Arends-Awe, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019076670` · 7/2/2019 · WINCHESTER, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Arends-Awe, Inc.
- **Location:** 1285 Old Route 36, WINCHESTER, ILLINOIS, 62694
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a baling machine on a farm. A hydraulic lever was activated and the employee was caught in the machine, suffering a severe laceration (with possible nerve damage) to the left bicep.

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