# Cuts, lacerations at UNICON OPERATING COMPANY, INC
> OSHA SIR `2021032282` · 3/16/2021 · BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UNICON OPERATING COMPANY, INC
- **Location:** 1420 south St. Louis St, BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72501
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to hang netting in the back of a chicken house. As the employee was securing the net to the corner of a ventilation fan guard, the guard broke loose, fell, and struck the employee's right hand. The employee suffered lacerations across and between the ring and little fingers.

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