# Cuts, lacerations at Homeland Vinyl Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065727` · 6/11/2018 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Homeland Vinyl Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 3300 Pinson Valley Parkway, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35217
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in the pelletizer machine and got their right-hand fingers caught in the auger. The employee's fingers sustained deep lacerations.

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