# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Steel Dust Recycling LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025010360` · 1/11/2025 · MILLPORT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Rollers, cylinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Steel Dust Recycling LLC
- **Location:** 13209 Alabama 96, MILLPORT, ALABAMA, 35576
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A machine operator was troubleshooting a conveyor after a part jammed at a knife gate. While his gloved left hand was on the conveyor, the machine cycled, and his thumb was caught and lacerated between the roller and the conveyor belt.

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