# Soreness, swelling, inflammation at BALON CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2024021845` · 2/29/2024 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, swelling, inflammation
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** BALON CORPORATION
- **Location:** 3419 S Mable, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73129
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a light sensor on a machine when his hand got caught in the machine. This resulted in hospitalization from numbness and swelling in two fingers.

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