# Cuts, lacerations at Kohls Department Store
> OSHA SIR `2022086951` · 8/7/2022 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Kohls Department Store
- **Location:** 8973 Bay Parkway, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11214
- **NAICS:** 452210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was processing merchandise and needed more totes to continue his task. To retrieve the totes, the employee used the conveyor belt to access the dock below to where the totes were located. His foot became caught between the links of the conveyor belt, which caused lacerations and muscle damage to his lower leg.

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