# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at AMP United
> OSHA SIR `20191212830` · 12/13/2019 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AMP United
- **Location:** 2205 E Belt Street, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92113
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a clog in an industrial vacuum when the automatic flapper shut on his left arm, crushing it and causing a laceration and bruising.

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