# Fractures at Qualex Manufacturing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032946` · 3/20/2019 · CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Qualex Manufacturing, LLC
- **Location:** 221 Sunset Blvd., CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17202
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the tooling on a press brake when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. This caused the machine die to crush and break his left middle and index fingers. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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