# Fractures at McMaster-Carr Supply Company
> OSHA SIR `2024010904` · 1/29/2024 · ELMHURST, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** McMaster-Carr Supply Company
- **Location:** 600 N. County Line Road, ELMHURST, ILLINOIS, 60126
- **NAICS:** 423840
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a tape machine. As the employee tried to remove tape that was wrapped around a roller, their hand was caught between a roller and a conveyor belt. The employee's right index finger was crushed and fractured. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

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