# Cuts, lacerations at INTERMOUNTAIN PACKING
> OSHA SIR `2023054757` · 5/30/2023 · IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** INTERMOUNTAIN PACKING
- **Location:** 1096 East Iona Road, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, 83401
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a cut of meat on the platform of the band saw when her right hand contacted the blade. The employee sustained a severe right hand laceration one inch from the bottom knuckle of the right thumb through the middle of the palm.

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