# Fractures at KTA-Tator, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043139` · 4/14/2021 · ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** KTA-Tator, Inc.
- **Location:** 145 Enterprise Drive, ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15001
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee installed a nitrogen supply line containing a particulate filter, pressure gauge, and pressure relief valve for a dual gas inlet gas booster system. When the employee pressurized the supply line, the particulate filter failed, causing the quick-disconnect metal bowl guard to become airborne and strike the employee's left pinky and ring fingers, resulting in broken bones.

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