# Fractures at Midwest Fabrications Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023065259` · 6/14/2023 · TALLMADGE, OHIO
## 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:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Fabrications Inc
- **Location:** 516 Commerce Street, TALLMADGE, OHIO, 44278
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a brake press when their hand became caught in the press. The employee's thumb was fractured and required surgery.

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