# Fractures at Pyramid Checks & Printing
> OSHA SIR `2018043429` · 4/10/2018 · PORTLAND, MAINE
## 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:** Presses-printing
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pyramid Checks & Printing
- **Location:** 208 Riverside Industrial Parkway, PORTLAND, MAINE, 04103
- **NAICS:** 323113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a web press. He was attempting to wipe up an ink bloat with a shop rag when the rag became caught in the press ink rollers, which then pulled his right hand into the rollers. He suffered lacerations and a broken middle finger, requiring hospitalization.

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