# Cuts, lacerations at Domtar Personal Care
> OSHA SIR `20191112154` · 11/22/2019 · DELAWARE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Domtar Personal Care
- **Location:** 2332 US Highway 42 South, DELAWARE, OHIO, 43015
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a bailer leg cutout separator. The employee lost balance and the employee's left hand slipped into the separator resulting in a laceration to the thumb. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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