# Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified at WEST FRASER SOUTH INC
> OSHA SIR `2016032585` · 3/28/2016 · JOYCE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Log processing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** WEST FRASER SOUTH INC
- **Location:** 6481 HWY 34 N, JOYCE, LOUISIANA, 71440
- **NAICS:** 321212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a debarker machine. The arm of the machine was loosened and fell on the employee's hand fracturing a finger and injuring a tendon that required surgery to repair.

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