# Fractures at Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023043187` · 4/11/2023 · SPRING, TEXAS
## 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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC
- **Location:** 16711 Champion Forest Drive, SPRING, TEXAS, 77379
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismounting a tire from a wheel when his right hand was caught in the pinch point of the tire machine and crushed. The employee sustained a fracture and laceration to the right middle finger.

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