# Fractures at Stafford centre of performing Arts and Convention Center
> OSHA SIR `2017065198` · 6/7/2017 · STAFFORD, TEXAS
## 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:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Stafford centre of performing Arts and Convention Center
- **Location:** 10505 Cash Rd, STAFFORD, TEXAS, 77477
- **NAICS:** 711190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee heard an air handler making a squeaking noise. He shut the unit off and was checking the tension on the belt (motor/squirrel cage) when his left ring finger was caught between the belt and pulley, breaking it in two places.

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