# Fractures at The Schwan Food Company
> OSHA SIR `20171211578` · 12/6/2017 · PASADENA, 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Schwan Food Company
- **Location:** 1251 Scarborough Ln, PASADENA, TEXAS, 77506
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a paddle to pull onions out of an onion washing machine when his right hand slipped off the paddle. His right thumb was then caught and fractured in the rollers of the machine's conveyor.

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