# Fractures and burns at Fervalue USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023043724` · 4/26/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fervalue USA, LLC
- **Location:** 750 E. 110th St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60628
- **NAICS:** 311821
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 26, 2023, at 4:00 PM, an employee was applying a beeswax release agent to the core and mold of a piece of equipment when the bristle brush was dropped into the equipment. As the employee went to retrieve the brush, their right hand was caught between the core and mold, resulting in fractures and burns.

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