# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at PACEM Defense LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025065278` · 6/3/2025 · PERRY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** PACEM Defense LLC
- **Location:** 4700 Providence Rd, PERRY, FLORIDA, 32347
- **NAICS:** 325920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a fine adjustment after a tooling change on a pyrotechnic pellet press when the machine interface was actuated. The bottom piston on the press crushed his left hand, resulting in fractures to his index, middle, and ring fingers with tendon damage to the middle finger. The employee 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*