# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Formosa Plastics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016076079` · 7/7/2016 · DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Formosa Plastics Corporation
- **Location:** 780 School House Road, DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE, 19706
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out chunks of wet PVC resin from the side of a mixing machine. While he was attempting to remove the bolted-on steel plate, the plate (which was under pressure) blew out and struck the employee on the right hand and dorsal forearm. He sustained three broken fingers on his right hand, a torn-off fingernail, and lacerations to his right thumb and left dorsal forearm.

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