# Cuts, lacerations at A & W Energy
> OSHA SIR `20201211336` · 12/2/2020 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** A & W Energy
- **Location:** 1301 Forum Way S, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76140
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was monitoring a plastic injection molding machine during it's start up/warm up phase. The employee observed excess product sitting in the bottom of the machine. As the employee was removing the product, a sprocket/gear on the machine grabbed the employee's left arm and pinched it just above the wrist. The employee sustained a cut on the left arm and wrist, which affected bones and tissue.

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