# Fractures at Tri-State Iron and Metal Company
> OSHA SIR `20191111884` · 11/14/2019 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tri-State Iron and Metal Company
- **Location:** 1725 East 9th Street, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using compressed air to blow down the conveyor system when the air wand was caught by the magnetic roller, pulling the employee's hand in between the magnetic roller and the conveyor belt. The employee's middle and ring fingers were fractured.

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