# Fractures at NOV Fiber Glass Systems Engineering
> OSHA SIR `2017043659` · 4/24/2017 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** NOV Fiber Glass Systems Engineering
- **Location:** 2425 S.W. 36 St., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78237
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working checking the hydraulics on the winder machine when his hand was caught in a pinch point. The employee suffered a laceration to the right palm and a fractured thumb. The hydraulic portion of the machine was not locked out or tagged out at the time.

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