# Fractures at Mele Printing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021043599` · 4/30/2021 · COVINGTON, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Bindery machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mele Printing, LLC
- **Location:** 619 North Tyler St., COVINGTON, LOUISIANA, 70433
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a stapling machine to staple books together. His left hand slipped into the machine, which broke his ring finger.

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