# Fractures at Tyson Fresh Meats LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032922` · 3/20/2019 · HOLCOMB, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Fresh Meats LLC
- **Location:** 3105 IBP Road, HOLCOMB, KANSAS, 67851
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up and trying to adjust a barrel fan when it tilted and caught the employee's right hand, causing a middle finger fracture that required surgery and an index finger laceration.

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