# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Wabtec U.S. Rail, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191112136` · 11/22/2019 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Lathes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Wabtec U.S. Rail, Inc.
- **Location:** 2901 East Lake Road, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16531
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using sand paper to manually finish a part on a lathe. The employee's glove got caught on the spinning lathe and pulled his arm into the lathe. The employee was hospitalized for an injury to his right hand and lower forearm.

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