# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at AJR Filtration, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024076967` · 7/31/2024 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** AJR Filtration, Inc
- **Location:** 1500 Harvester Road, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an ultrasonic welding machine to make filters when the anvil came down and pinned her left index finger against a metal bar. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the finger and probable nerve damage requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

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