# Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. at Cherokee Brick & Tile Company
> OSHA SIR `2018043639` · 4/16/2018 · MACON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cherokee Brick & Tile Company
- **Location:** 3250 Waterville Road, MACON, GEORGIA, 31206
- **NAICS:** 327121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a band into a strapping machine when the machine reactivated and caught his left hand, crushing and lacerating it. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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