# Cuts, lacerations at CLEATS MFG., INC.
> OSHA SIR `20201111062` · 11/23/2020 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** CLEATS MFG., INC.
- **Location:** 1701 S. KOSTNER AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding sheet metal into a ductwork roller machine. The metal caught his glove and his fingers were drawn into the machine. He suffered cuts to three fingertips.

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