# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Horizon Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110322` · 11/5/2024 · NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper extremities  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Plumbing augers, snakes
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Horizon Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 61 Yale Avenue, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 19720
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a drain snake (auger) to clear a drain when the drain snake became snagged. The employee was manually maneuvering the snake when it wrapped around his hand. The employee was hospitalized with fractures, a lacerated hand, and a bruised arm.

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