# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Microchem Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2018077073` · 7/13/2018 · WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Microchem Corp.
- **Location:** 200 Flanders Road, WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, 01581
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a roof, performing preventive maintenance on an exhaust fan. As he tried to grease the pulleys, his hand was caught and pulled through the pulley by the belt. He was hospitalized.

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