# Cuts, lacerations at Refractory Resources International LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032731` · 3/27/2023 · EAST PALESTINE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Refractory Resources International LLC
- **Location:** 870 West Main Street, EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, 44413
- **NAICS:** 212325
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee dropped his utility knife into a mixer machine. As the employee went to retrieve the knife, his right arm was struck by the mixer blade, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.

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