# Fractures at Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109327` · 10/10/2023 · KINGWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 342 Mill Road, KINGWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26537
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a bundle bander. After applying a band to a bundle of wood, the press was retracting back to its neutral position when the employee's left hand was caught between the press and the frame. The employee was hospitalized with fractured fingers.

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