# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at The Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2024021629` · 2/21/2024 · GRANBURY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Plumbing augers, snakes
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** The Home Depot
- **Location:** 415 East US Highway 377, GRANBURY, TEXAS, 76048
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was demonstrating how to use a drain cleaner measuring 5/8 inches by 100 feet when her glove got caught in the equipment, pulling her right hand and twisting it. The employee suffered a laceration to her middle finger, including tendon damage, that required surgery.

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