# Cuts, lacerations at A&C Catalysts, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021108891` · 10/15/2021 · LINDEN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** A&C Catalysts, Inc.
- **Location:** 1600 West Blancke Street, LINDEN, NEW JERSEY, 07036
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right hand was caught by an agitator blade in a hopper; the employee suffered severe lacerations. The feeder bin's safety grate was not present at the time.

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