# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Insulation Technologies Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032323` · 3/14/2023 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-bucket, cup
## Employer
- **Name:** Insulation Technologies Inc.
- **Location:** 18601 R.L. Ostos Rd., BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78521
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unbolting a metal plate to access a bucket elevator. When he was unbolting the last bolt, the metal plate cover was about to fall. As he went to catch the metal plate cover, his hand contacted the bucket elevator, resulting in a hand injury.

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