# Fractures at W & A Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075658` · 7/10/2021 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** W & A Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1810 South Ohio St., PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71601
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 8:00 a.m. on July 10, 2021, an employee was putting product into a brake press. The machine was engaged while his right hand was in the point of operation resulting in finger fractures. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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