# Fractures at Tempel Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `2022065015` · 6/10/2022 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tempel Steel Company
- **Location:** 5500 N. Wolcott Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60640
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to retrieve a cell phone when their left middle finger got caught in between a chain and gear drive, resulting in a broken finger and fractured wrist.

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