# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at American Bottling Company
> OSHA SIR `2025032080` · 3/4/2025 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Material and personnel handling machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** American Bottling Company
- **Location:** 2400 Holy Hall, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an A-frame ladder changing a sprocket and aligning an overhead conveyor when he lost his footing and contacted the sprocket and chain of the machine. The employee sustained a laceration to their left thumb.

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