# Fractures at Intern, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024109939` · 10/25/2024 · OZARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
## Employer
- **Name:** Intern, LLC
- **Location:** Harper town Ln. & Hwy 45, OZARK, ILLINOIS, 62972
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a pin to secure an auger attachment to an excavator. As the excavator positioned the Kelly bar, the employee's left hand was caught between the first and second stage of the Kelly bar friction plates (flanges) connected to the auger. The employee sustained fractures to their index finger, middle finger, and thumb.

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