# Abrasions, scratches at Horween Leather Company
> OSHA SIR `2023010122` · 1/5/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions, scratches
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Horween Leather Company
- **Location:** 2015 N. Elston Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60614
- **NAICS:** 316110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making adjustments to a finishing machine when the powered conveyor pushed his right hand into the rotating brush. The bristles on that brush pulled his right arm at an angle and pushed him against the machine, resulting in an abrasion on the arm.

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