# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at ErtelAlsop
> OSHA SIR `2025032133` · 3/5/2025 · KINGSTON, NEW YORK
## 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:** Shearing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** ErtelAlsop
- **Location:** 132 Flatbush Avenue, KINGSTON, NEW YORK, 12401
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shear machine to trim material. While making the cut, the shear blade came down on the employee's fingers, lacerating the top of their left middle and index fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

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