# Fractures at Mauser Packaging Solutions dBA Meyer Steel Drum, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032460` · 3/18/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Mauser Packaging Solutions dBA Meyer Steel Drum, Inc.
- **Location:** 3201 S. Millard Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a deburring grinder to debur a piece of angle iron in preparation for welding. The employee's right hand contacted the wheel, which broke and lacerated the employee's index finger and also broke their ring finger.

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