# Fractures at Choctaw Erectors Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054568` · 5/22/2023 · DECATUR, 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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Choctaw Erectors Inc.
- **Location:** 1865 FM 2264, DECATUR, TEXAS, 76234
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 22, 2023, an employee was working on a shear to cut a metal plate. As he got to the last piece of metal, the machine engaged, crushing his finger. The employee sustained a right index finger fracture.

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