# Fractures at EATON CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2015040144` · 4/25/2015 · MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** EATON CORP.
- **Location:** 1830 Highway 201 South Spur, MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS, 72653
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working in the rework line operated the cat puller to remove rubber from a 0.367-inch hose. The employee's right glove was drawn into the rotating belts of the equipment, causing a fracture to the right thumb.

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