# Fractures at Southern Illinois Healthcare dba Herrin Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2016087207` · 8/4/2016 · HERRIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Illinois Healthcare dba Herrin Hospital
- **Location:** 201 South 14th Street, HERRIN, ILLINOIS, 62948
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying the trash and cleaning off the compactor when the compactor activated and caused two fractures to the employee's left hand/finger.

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