# Fractures at SWVA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043611` · 4/15/2018 · HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SWVA, Inc.
- **Location:** 17th Street and 2nd Avenue, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25703
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading clips into a robotic welder when a clip fell into or near the machine. As he attempted to retrieve the clip, a moving part struck and broke his hand.

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