# Fractures at Gerdau Midlothian Mill
> OSHA SIR `2015085354` · 8/3/2015 · MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerdau Midlothian Mill
- **Location:** 300 Ward Road, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, 76065
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a strapping machine and spraying WD-40 into it when his hand felt like it was going to sleep.  He rested his hand on the machine, and his ring and middle fingers were placed in a pinch point. He fractured two bones just below the nailbed, requiring surgery.

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