# Cuts, lacerations at Aluma-Weld Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017098757` · 9/12/2017 · HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Aluma-Weld Inc
- **Location:** 199 Extrusion Place, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 71901
- **NAICS:** 336612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was baling scrap aluminum. The employee attempted to dislodge a piece of aluminum while the baler was operating. The employee's arm was caught in the door resulting in a laceration to the employee's bicep.

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