# Cuts, lacerations at U. S. Dept. of Defense
> OSHA SIR `2019088165` · 8/8/2019 · FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Dept. of Defense
- **Location:** Fort Bragg South Commissary, FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, 28310
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a meat grinder to tenderize round steaks when her gloved left hand became caught in the blades. The employee sustained lacerations and torn tendons.

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