# Fractures at Schindler Elevator Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022109545` · 10/31/2022 · SWANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Escalators
## Employer
- **Name:** Schindler Elevator Corporation
- **Location:** 11013 Airport Hwy, SWANTON, OHIO, 43558
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing escalator steps for state inspection when their left hand became caught between the deck plate and step. The employee sustained a left thumb fracture.

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