# Fractures at Joy Cone Co.
> OSHA SIR `2023021661` · 2/21/2023 · HERMITAGE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Joy Cone Co.
- **Location:** 2000 North Keel Ridge Road, HERMITAGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16148
- **NAICS:** 311821
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wrench to make an adjustment to a guard on the wafer inspection conveyor belt. The employee s finger became caught between a bracket and the belt, resulting in an open fracture with a nailbed avulsion.

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