# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Dentsply Sirona Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024031936` · 3/2/2024 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Dentsply Sirona Inc
- **Location:** 7290 26th Court East, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34233
- **NAICS:** 339114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up around a grinder. His right index finger was caught in the grinder, and he suffered a laceration and a fracture to the finger.

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