# Fractures at Kemira Chemicals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098293` · 9/20/2022 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Kemira Chemicals, Inc.
- **Location:** 2360 Doug Barnard Parkway, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30906
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee entered a cabinet to remove jumper cables from a rectifier device. When he reached out to steady himself, the blades of a nearby cooling fan lacerated his left thumb and index finger. The thumb was also fractured.

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