# Fractures at Michels Power Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023043226` · 4/11/2023 · CHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Michels Power Inc
- **Location:** Highway 17M, CHESTER, NEW YORK, 10918
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling wire to install on a pole when their thumb was caught on a block. The employee was hospitalized for a right thumb fracture.

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