# Fractures at Pleasant River Lumber
> OSHA SIR `2023010101` · 1/5/2023 · SANFORD, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Pleasant River Lumber
- **Location:** 563 New Dam Road, SANFORD, MAINE, 04073
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was measuring the thickness of boards on a conveyor belt. As the employee reached for a board, their hand was pulled into the conveyor belt, resulting in a fractured index finger that required hospitalization and surgery, as well as bruises to additional fingers.

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