# Cuts, lacerations at Monterey Mushrooms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087591` · 8/9/2017 · MADISONVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Monterey Mushrooms, Inc.
- **Location:** 5816 TX 75, MADISONVILLE, TEXAS, 77864
- **NAICS:** 111411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a peat auger when his right hand contacted the spinning auger blade, lacerating his index finger and requiring surgery. The auger was not locked out at the time.

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