# Fractures at Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096327` · 9/1/2015 · NEWPORT, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 411 Sunapee Street, NEWPORT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03773
- **NAICS:** 331512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean a machine. While trying to clear chips away, his glove got caught and his left hand was pulled into the cutter, fracturing and lacerating his left hand and wrist.

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