# Fractures at Tupper Lake Hardwoods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054609` · 5/27/2022 · TUPPER LAKE, NEW YORK
## 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:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Tupper Lake Hardwoods Inc.
- **Location:** 167 Pitchfork Pond Road, TUPPER LAKE, NEW YORK, 12986
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning sawdust under a conveyor belt. The belt caught the employee's right ring finger, lacerating and fracturing it.

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