# Cuts, lacerations at Koch Foods of Alabama, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201110406` · 11/3/2020 · GREENVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Koch Foods of Alabama, LLC
- **Location:** 400 INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, GREENVILLE, ALABAMA, 36037
- **NAICS:** 722110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam that occurred inside of a vacuum pipe leading to a tank that holds debris from freshly hatched chickens. The employee removed an access cover to remove the blockage when the knife cage closed on his hand causing a deep laceration that required hospitalization.

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