# Cuts, lacerations at Alpha Testing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201211934` · 12/22/2020 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
- **Secondary source:** Suits, coats, jackets
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpha Testing, Inc.
- **Location:** 2209 Wisconsin St., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75229
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were drilling using an auger. They hit rock around 1.5 feet and the injured employee turned around to let his helper know to drop a spoon. The injured employee's jacket sleeve got caught in the auger, pulling him into the auger and causing lacerations to the left shoulder and chest.

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