# Fractures at Mueller Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022098408` · 9/22/2022 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** Mueller Co. LLC
- **Location:** 956 Industrial Blvd., ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bar to remove casting debris from a rotary screen. The bar contacted the rotating portion of the screen and bent, and the employee's right hand was pushed against the machine, resulting in a compound fracture. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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