# Fractures at Bekaert Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023087399` · 8/14/2023 · EXETER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bekaert Corporation
- **Location:** 101 Stevens Lane, EXETER, PENNSYLVANIA, 18643
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A machine operator was loading a spool of wire into a machine. The spool became stuck. When he pulled on it, the spool came loose from the hoist and fractured his thumb.

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