# Cuts, lacerations at Elixir Extrusions, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221110304` · 11/23/2022 · DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
## 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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Elixir Extrusions, LLC
- **Location:** 1300 Pope Drive, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, 31533
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a chassis bender when they noticed oil and began to clean the machine. The employee's right hand was pinned by the mandrel of the bender and the machine, resulting in a contusion and laceration that required stitches.

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