# Fractures at Metal Finishing Equipment & Supply Company Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075899` · 7/19/2021 · SUFFIELD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cases, cabinets, racks, shelves, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Finishing Equipment & Supply Company Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 19 Kenny Roberts Memorial Drive, SUFFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 06078
- **NAICS:** 333518
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had a long screw auger set on pipe stands approximately 4 feet from the ground. One of the pipe stands tipped as he was adjusting the auger, causing the auger to fall onto his foot and fracture it.

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