# Cuts, lacerations at Giorgio Mushroom Company
> OSHA SIR `2023087928` · 8/28/2023 · BLANDON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Giorgio Mushroom Company
- **Location:** 1161 Park Rd, BLANDON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19510
- **NAICS:** 111411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a leveling machine while filling a bed with mushroom compost. The machine became jammed from a rock in the compost. To clear the jam, the machine was shut down and the guard was removed. As the employee went to remove the rock, the machine activated, resulting in a right arm laceration with exposed bone and an injury to the right shoulder, elbow, and hand.

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