# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Southwest Research Institute
> OSHA SIR `2015060224` · 6/5/2015 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Research Institute
- **Location:** 6220 Culebra, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78238
- **NAICS:** 541712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe machine to bore a pipe. The employee went to extract metal shavings inside of the pipe when his right hand got caught in a pinch point. He sustained broken bones in his right hand, severed tendons in the right middle and index fingers, and skin removal on the top of his  right hand, requiring hospitalization.

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