# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at MaxPax, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016010596` · 1/21/2016 · WALWORTH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** MaxPax, LLC
- **Location:** 840 Walworth Street, WALWORTH, WISCONSIN, 53184
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 21, 2016, an employee was helping a coworker clear a packaging machine that became jammed with plastic bags. When he reached for a bag, his right thumb was crushed at the point of operation where the bags were cut into individual product packages. His right thumb broke and sustained tendon damage, requiring hospitalization. The machine was not locked out or guarded at the time of the incident.

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