# Fractures at Bridon-Bekaert The Ropes Group
> OSHA SIR `20241110519` · 11/11/2024 · EXETER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handtools  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bridon-Bekaert The Ropes Group
- **Location:** 95 Stevens Lane, EXETER, PENNSYLVANIA, 18643
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a machine operator and was using a tool when their right thumb was caught between the tool and the wire on the machine and fractured. The employee was hospitalized.

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