# Cuts, lacerations at Berk International, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221210491` · 12/1/2022 · BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Berk International, LLC
- **Location:** 400 East 2nd Street, BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19512
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a machine when the machine cycled while his right hand was in it. The employee's hand was caught between the machine and the shear blade inside of it, resulting in a cut to the bone on his palm.

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