# Fractures at U.S. PIPE AND FOUNDRY
> OSHA SIR `2022086730` · 8/1/2022 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. PIPE AND FOUNDRY
- **Location:** 2101 18TH AVENUE NORTH, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35020
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was taking a master link out of a chain when his hand got caught between the chain and sprocket resulting in fractures to the left hand.

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