# Fractures at Scout Surface Solutions
> OSHA SIR `20231211530` · 12/20/2023 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Scout Surface Solutions
- **Location:** 5603 WCR 134, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.

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