# Fractures at Polymerics Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043482` · 4/14/2025 · CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Polymerics Inc.
- **Location:** 2828 Second Street, CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO, 44221
- **NAICS:** 325212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 14, 2025, an employee was adding material into a mixer for rubber manufacturing. The employee was removing a piece of rubber under the door of the machine when the machine was started. The employee's left hand was shut in the door and they were hospitalized with a fractured hand. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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