# Fractures at ARIEL CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2021097525` · 9/1/2021 · MOUNT VERNON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Lathes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Sanders-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** ARIEL CORPORATION
- **Location:** 35 BLACKJACK ROAD, MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, 43050
- **NAICS:** 333912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an emery cloth to polish a shot pin in a lathe. The cloth caught on the pin and pulled the employee's hand into the lathe. The employee suffered fractures to the hand and fingers.

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