# Cuts, lacerations at NCI Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021053794` · 5/8/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NCI Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 7301 Fairview St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making adjustments to a limit switch located inside the slide gate electrical box. The motor actuated and his hand was caught between the chain and the sprocket. The employee sustained a laceration to the right hand that required stitches and hospitalization.

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