# Cuts, lacerations at H.M.E. Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018076879` · 7/10/2018 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** H.M.E. Inc
- **Location:** 2828 NW Button Rd, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66618
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While operating a drill/saw machine, an employee attempted to see why the drill tooling kept falling out of the drill head. The machine's conveyor rollers then moved a channel iron back out of the machine, and the employee's left leg was struck by the channel iron, resulting in a laceration above the knee. The employee's left calf was also caught between the machine and the channel iron, suffering a muscle injury requiring surgery.

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