# Fractures at Homestead Baking Co.
> OSHA SIR `2018054620` · 5/12/2018 · EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Homestead Baking Co.
- **Location:** 145 NORTH BROADWAY, EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02916
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine when two of the employee's fingers were caught in a rotating roller. The employee broke a thumb and required stitches.

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