# Fractures at Caledonian Alloys
> OSHA SIR `2015096581` · 9/9/2015 · HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Caledonian Alloys
- **Location:** 3190 Riverside Drive, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25705
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an alligator shear to cut a nickel alloy plate when his hand and thumb contacted the shear's nip point. The bone behind his knuckle was crushed/fractured.

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