# Fractures at Southside Machine Works Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023021449` · 2/15/2023 · WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Southside Machine Works Inc
- **Location:** 1300 PPG D, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a pump. The line was not relieved of pressure, causing the pump to blow off as it was removed. The employee's hand was crushed between the pump and couplings, resulting in an open fracture of the left hand. 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*