# Cuts, lacerations at Northwest Hardwoods
> OSHA SIR `2021010605` · 1/22/2021 · HOPWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Northwest Hardwoods
- **Location:** 1152 National Pike, HOPWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA, 15445
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a trimming machine. The employee placed his foot on the machine in order to activate the photo eye and his pant leg got caught in the machine, causing a laceration to his right heel.

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