# Fractures at Henkels & McCoy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021409` · 2/7/2019 · BELOIT, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Henkels & McCoy, Inc.
- **Location:** WBR Townline Rd and South Duggan Road, BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing ice from the ropes used to pull power lines through a traveler. The grip broke and the rope pulling the cable through the roller pulled the employee's right hand into the traveler, breaking some bones and tearing the carpal tunnel ligament.

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