# Fractures at Intertape Polymer Group
> OSHA SIR `2023109096` · 10/2/2023 · SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
## 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:** Special process machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Scissors, snips, shears-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Intertape Polymer Group
- **Location:** 1800 E Pleasant St, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 45505
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing woven fabric from a coater machine using scissors. The rollers caught the end of the scissors and twisted them and the employee's fingers, resulting in a fracture and lacerations. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery to their little finger.

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