# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Medline Industries, LP
> OSHA SIR `2025054514` · 5/13/2025 · UXBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Order picking and packing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Strapping, bands
## Employer
- **Name:** Medline Industries, LP
- **Location:** 81 Campanelli Dr, UXBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01569
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying out a preventative maintenance inspection on a robotic picker. As the employee was moving metal lift bands to inspect for damage and tears, they tangled around the support structure of the robot service grid. When the employee went to free the bands, the banding severely lacerated the employee's left hand and index finger.

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