# Fractures at Alstom
> OSHA SIR `2024053853` · 5/2/2024 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Alstom
- **Location:** 1501 Lebanon Church Road, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15236
- **NAICS:** 334519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the bottom die on a hydraulic power crimper. Their left thumb was crushed between the two die components when the crimper engaged, resulting in thumb fractures.

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