# Fractures at Wise Plastics Technology
> OSHA SIR `20221110048` · 11/11/2022 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Wise Plastics Technology
- **Location:** 1601 W. Hawthorne Lane, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a portable grinder machine for cleaning when his right little finger became caught between the wheeled grinder and the electrical panel on the wall, resulting in an open fracture that required surgery.

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