# Fractures at Menard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021086901` · 8/13/2021 · EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Menard, Inc.
- **Location:** 4631 Menard Drive, EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, 54703
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 13, 2021, an employee was lubricating a bearing in a hinge puller machine. The machine restarted, and the employee's right hand was caught between the bearing and a fixed rail. The employee suffered a broken right thumb and was hospitalized.

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