# Fractures at Westervelt Pellets 1 LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016065396` · 6/17/2016 · ALICEVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Westervelt Pellets 1 LLC
- **Location:** 6777 Highway 17 South, ALICEVILLE, ALABAMA, 35442
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was looking into a bark conveyor inspection hatch when a gust of wind blew the inspection lid shut on the employee's left index finger, lacerating and fracturing it.

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