# Fractures at Brake Supply Company Downard Underground, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020644` · 2/20/2015 · PRINCETON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Brake Supply Company Downard Underground, Inc.
- **Location:** 483 Industrial Park Road, PRINCETON, WEST VIRGINIA, 24739
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 20, 2015, at approximately 8:10pm, an employee fractured and lacerated his right hand when it was caught between the cylinder being worked in the lathe and the boring bar. The injury resulted in surgery and hospitalization.

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