# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Briggs & Stratton Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20241110759` · 11/19/2024 · STATESBORO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Pumps  except oil well
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Briggs & Stratton Corporation
- **Location:** 7251 Zell Miller Parkway, STATESBORO, GEORGIA, 30458
- **NAICS:** 333618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a belt-driven coolant pump when his left hand was caught in the belt, resulting in lacerations and fractures. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

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