# Fractures at Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111817` · 11/16/2018 · PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 2400 N. Waverly St., PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 74601
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was removing a hydraulic cylinder from a paint conveyor lift. When the cylinder was removed, the counterbalance was freed. The employee's left hand was then caught between the counterbalance and the stop plate, fracturing the hand.

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