# Fractures at CorTech West Staffing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010403` · 1/16/2024 · PAUL SMITHS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** CorTech West Staffing, LLC
- **Location:** 9048 State Rt. 30, PAUL SMITHS, NEW YORK, 12970
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was splitting firewood using a wood splitting machine and sustained a fractured middle finger on their right hand and an injured tendon. The employee was hospitalized.

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