# Fractures at LaCore Nutraceuticals
> OSHA SIR `2021098033` · 9/17/2021 · VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LaCore Nutraceuticals
- **Location:** 1801 S. Industrial Park, VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS, 75495
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting equipment. The employee's left hand contacted a pinch point of the machine, causing a laceration and fracture to the middle finger.

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