# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Vehtek Systems Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054201` · 5/13/2024 · BOWLING GREEN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Lathes
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Vehtek Systems Inc.
- **Location:** 2125 Wood-Bridge Blvd., BOWLING GREEN, OHIO, 43402
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 13, 2024, an employee was polishing a piece of metal using a lathe when his glove became caught in the metal part pulling his hand into the machine. A few of the employee's fingers were fractured and dislocated.

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