# Fractures at Nova Coil, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021086437` · 8/2/2021 · FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nova Coil, Inc.
- **Location:** 5401 W Franklin Dr., FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN, 53132
- **NAICS:** 334416
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting heating element wire. The employee was adjusting the cutting blade when the piston arm activated and their finger was pinched in the machine, causing a laceration and a broken finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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