# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Houchens Foood Group
> OSHA SIR `20241211598` · 12/15/2024 · PORTSMOUTH, OHIO
## 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:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Houchens Foood Group
- **Location:** 2507 Gallia Street, PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, 45662
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bandsaw to cut meat. They were wearing cut-resistant gloves, and a loose thread on the gloves got caught in the blade. Their right little finger was pulled into the saw. The employee suffered a finger laceration with a lacerated tendon.

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