# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at 48forty Solutions - Jackson
> OSHA SIR `2024054434` · 5/20/2024 · JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stationary saws  band
- **Secondary source:** Clothing
## Employer
- **Name:** 48forty Solutions - Jackson
- **Location:** 750 Boling Street, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39209
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a two-person band saw, tearing down pallets for their components. The drawstring on the employee's pants was pulled into the cooling fan on the saw's drive motor, resulting in lacerations to their right thigh and left knee.

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