# Fractures at SWVA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010949` · 1/31/2024 · HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Cranes  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Chains
## Employer
- **Name:** SWVA, Inc.
- **Location:** 217 17th Street, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25703
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting a chain for a lift when the crane began to raise the material. The chain caught the employee's hand, causing two lacerations and a broken index finger that required surgery.

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