# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Matcor Metal Fabrication, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021763` · 2/24/2022 · INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Matcor Metal Fabrication, Inc.
- **Location:** 2400 West Laurel St., INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS, 67301
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clamping a part into position to weld it using a resistance welder. The welder activated and welded the end of her index finger into a metal part. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery to repair the nailbed.

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