# Fractures at Wahl Clipper Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016076220` · 7/11/2016 · STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Wahl Clipper Corporation
- **Location:** 2900 N. LOCUST STREET, STERLING, ILLINOIS, 61081
- **NAICS:** 335210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While he was attempting to clear a jam, an employee's hand slipped into the pneumatic valve, resulting in a fractured thumb.

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