# Fractures at Superior Precision Sheet Metals
> OSHA SIR `20231110176` · 11/3/2023 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## 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:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Precision Sheet Metals
- **Location:** 4715 N CHESTNUT, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80907
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was forming a metal part on a brake press when the brake contacted his right thumb, resulting in a laceration and a broken thumb.

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