# Cuts, lacerations at Southern Ohio Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2023098703` · 9/20/2023 · PORTSMOUTH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Ohio Medical Center
- **Location:** 1805 27th Street, PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, 45662
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to clean rollers on a blanket-folding machine. The rag got caught in a roller, pulling the employee's hand inward against a piece of metal on the machine. The employee suffered a laceration across their palm.

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