# Fractures at West Rock
> OSHA SIR `2017099023` · 9/20/2017 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** West Rock
- **Location:** 7350 Stiles Rd., EL PASO, TEXAS, 79915
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a machine for corrugated boxes when his right thumb came in contact with a conveyor belt, fracturing and lacerating it. He was hospitalized overnight.

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