# Fractures at Mauser Packaging Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2019044031` · 4/19/2019 · HOMERVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mauser Packaging Solutions
- **Location:** 1601 Valdosta Highway, HOMERVILLE, GEORGIA, 31634
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding a hasp onto a metal box. The machine activated and the welding head came down onto the employee's right hand, pinning it against the metal box. The employee suffered finger fractures and was hospitalized.

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