# Fractures at Pace Industries Castings, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171110793` · 11/9/2017 · GRAFTON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Other special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pace Industries Castings, LLC
- **Location:** 1600 7th Ave., GRAFTON, WISCONSIN, 53024
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rebuilding a sprayer arm. He had bolted the sprayer arm to the main bench and was attempting to wipe off grease when the sprayer arm struck and crushed his right thumb, fracturing it. The sprayer arm was energized and running at the time.

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