# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Berntsen Brass & Aluminum Foundry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043471` · 4/27/2021 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Berntsen Brass & Aluminum Foundry, Inc.
- **Location:** 2334 Pennsylvania Avenue, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53704
- **NAICS:** 331524
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 27, 2021, an employee was belt-grinding an aluminum casting when the casting's weight and momentum crushed the employee's left ring finger against a metal cart. The finger was severely lacerated and broken.

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