# Cuts, lacerations at Midwest Foods Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065505` · 6/12/2020 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Foods Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 11359 Franklin Ave, FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was attempting to clear a jam on a conveyor. The employee's hand was between the conveyor bars when the equipment moved and cut the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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