# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Laitram Machinery, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025055066` · 5/28/2025 · HARAHAN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Honing, polishing, lapping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Laitram Machinery, LLC
- **Location:** 220 Laitram Lane, HARAHAN, LOUISIANA, 70123
- **NAICS:** 333241
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a roller into a pipe polishing machine when his glove was caught by the machine. The abrasive belt caused a 3-4" laceration to the top of his right wrist which exposed bone. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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