# Fractures at Metaltek International SMCI Division
> OSHA SIR `2015052634` · 5/5/2015 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metaltek International SMCI Division
- **Location:** 4105 Drane Field Road, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33811
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the top die on the 12-foot press when the die holder became loose. The ram and assembly dropped about 10 inches onto the employee's hands. He was hospitalized with a fractured right hand.

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