# Fractures at TimkenSteel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016109351` · 10/4/2016 · CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TimkenSteel Corporation
- **Location:** 4511 Faircrest St., SW, CANTON, OHIO, 44706
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam two steel bars on a conveyor when the photo sensor sensed movement and began to cycle, causing the employee's right hand to be dragged into the conveyor. The employee suffered a fractured right hand and was hospitalized overnight. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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