# Cuts, lacerations at Termax Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015129484` · 12/14/2015 · LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Termax Corporation
- **Location:** 1155 Rose Rd., LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS, 60047
- **NAICS:** 339993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loosening a bolt from a cylinder in the plastic injection molding machine. When he attempted to grab a hand jack, the plate came down because the bolt was loosened, and the employee's right hand was pinched between two metal plates. When he pulled his hand out, his pinky finger got lacerated and required surgery.

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