# Cuts, lacerations at HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023076250` · 7/13/2023 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 4925 STATE LINE ROAD, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72916
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was deburring a metal tube when the machine jammed. The employee went to clear the jam and contacted a spinning brush, resulting in a deep laceration to the left arm above the wrist. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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