# Fractures at Tigerpoly Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010700` · 1/26/2021 · GROVE CITY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tigerpoly Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 6231 Enterprise Parkway, GROVE CITY, OHIO, 43123
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a rubber blow machine. The employee was clearing excess rubber at the top of the machine when it started. Its hydraulic piston struck the employee's right hand, causing three fractures.

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