# Fractures at Westrock
> OSHA SIR `20191213241` · 12/28/2019 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## 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:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Westrock
- **Location:** 6701 South Freeway, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76134
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a load tiering device. As the employee was trying to remove a piece of strap that was lodged or caught in the machine, the forks caught his right hand. He suffered a broken middle finger and lacerations to the palm and back of the hand. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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