# Cuts, lacerations at Family Dollar/Dollar Tree Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `20231211204` · 12/7/2023 · ODESSA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Family Dollar/Dollar Tree Distribution Center
- **Location:** 3101 East I-20, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79766
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the merge when they heard a squeaky noise coming from a conveyor. When the employee investigated the conveyor noise, her left hand was pulled between the roller and conveyor under the conveyor belt resulting in a laceration to the hand/wrist and hypoesthesia of the skin.

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