# Cuts, lacerations at FCC Environmental Services Texas, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087240` · 8/9/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** FCC Environmental Services Texas, LLC
- **Location:** Houston Material Recovery Facility, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77078
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was performing preventive maintenance on machinery and retrieving a brush that fell into the conveyor belt. His right arm was then pinched between the conveyor belt and roller, resulting in a laceration from the employee's right elbow to the wrist. The injury required surgery and hospitalization.

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