# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Custom Nonwoven, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20201211548` · 12/9/2020 · NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Custom Nonwoven, Inc
- **Location:** 1015 Munsford Drive, NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI, 38652
- **NAICS:** 313230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a bale breaker when one of two chains on the right side of the machine popped up. He was trying to put it back on when his left hand was caught and injured between a chain and a sprocket. The machine was not guarded and was running at the time.

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