# Cuts, lacerations at Mid American Elevator Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022076513` · 7/25/2022 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid American Elevator Company Inc.
- **Location:** Flatbush MTA Station, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11210
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 9:00 a.m. on July 25, 2022, two employees were on the top of an elevator car checking for oil on the ropes. The car began to descend. One employee reached down to grab a rag and the elevator ropes pulled his hand into the sheave. He suffered multiple finger lacerations.

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