# Fractures at Commercial Metals Company
> OSHA SIR `20171212117` · 12/21/2017 · SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Commercial Metals Company
- **Location:** 440 Wonder Way Dr., SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78667
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding tee bar stock into a bar straightener when his hand was caught in the machine, causing a fracture and tendon damage to his right middle finger.

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