# Fractures at Core Plastech International
> OSHA SIR `2022087572` · 8/25/2022 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Core Plastech International
- **Location:** 3460 Hollywood Ave, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71109
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam a bottle in a blow mold machine. The spreader pin assembly rose into position, catching his left thumb against the mold and breaking the thumb.

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