# Cuts, lacerations at Latin Specialties, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171010063` · 10/20/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Latin Specialties, LLC
- **Location:** 4132 Airline Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77022
- **NAICS:** 424480
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a peeling machine to peel fruit when her right hand was struck and lacerated by the blade, requiring hospitalization.

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