# Fractures at Elringklinger USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017031918` · 3/1/2017 · BUFORD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Elringklinger USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 4961 Golden Parkway, BUFORD, GEORGIA, 30518
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee (Operator 1) was assisting another employee (Operator 2) in die stamping operations at the press. Operator 1 was standing at the press and to the inside of the light curtains installed at the press, but was not in an area that triggered the light curtains to work (i.e. the light curtains did not extend all the way to the die bed of the press). Operator 2 triggered the press to cycle and Operator 1's right hand was in the press and caught by the upper die. As he stepped back he triggered the light curtains which caused the press to rise back up. The employee's right fingers were fractured.

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