# Cuts, lacerations at Maintech
> OSHA SIR `2020065826` · 6/22/2020 · WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Maintech
- **Location:** 7032 Comstock Ave, WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA, 90602
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a conveyor system, looking for the source of a noise, when their left arm was caught in the conveyor. The employee was hospitalized with wrist and elbow lacerations, requiring surgery.

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