# Cuts, lacerations at Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098110` · 9/13/2022 · PRINCETON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 577 Clover Dew Dairy Road, PRINCETON, WEST VIRGINIA, 24740
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching to reset the drag chain of a conveyor, which was cocked sideways. When the chain was freed, the employee's hand was caught between the chain lug and a piece of metal. The hand was severely lacerated and the employee was hospitalized.

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