# Fractures at Cooper B Line
> OSHA SIR `2019021458` · 2/8/2019 · PINCKNEYVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper B Line
- **Location:** 3764 Longspur Road, PINCKNEYVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62274
- **NAICS:** 332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 8, 2019, at approximately 8:30 AM an employee was cutting a 3" pipe with a bandsaw.  While cutting, the pipe spun and hit the employee's left thumb area resulting in a laceration and a fracture.

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