# Fractures at Stoughton Trailers LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021032454` · 3/23/2021 · STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Stoughton Trailers LLC
- **Location:** 1111 Veterans Road, STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN, 53589
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a dislodged plastic belt section back into position on a conveyor. The conveyor shaft rotated, causing the conveyor to lacerate and fracture the employee's right thumb. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery to the thumb. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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