# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Lydall Performance Materials, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022087508` · 8/23/2022 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lydall Performance Materials, Inc.
- **Location:** 310 Running Pump Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17603
- **NAICS:** 339991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a paper press. The air tube that feeds leftover paper to a shredding fan became jammed with paper. The employee disconnected the hose from the fan and proceeded to clear the jam when their right index finger was injured by the fan blade.

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