# Fractures at U.S. Army Corps of Engineer
> OSHA SIR `2015052740` · 5/9/2015 · HINTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Army Corps of Engineer
- **Location:** Bluestone Dam, HINTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25951
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 9, 2015, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a maintenance employee was hospitalized after receiving fractures to his left hand. He was injured when he reached into an access panel for the 1951 freight elevator to operate a manual override due to the outer set of doors not opening.  The elevator moved, and his hand got caught between the elevator and shaft.

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