# Fractures at Louis Meskan Brass Foundry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109361` · 10/4/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Louis Meskan Brass Foundry, Inc.
- **Location:** 2014 N. Major Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60639
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a core machine because it was not operating. He attempted to clear some sand inside the point of operation. As his hand passed through a light curtain's sensing field, a core table lowered and crushed his right hand, causing lacerations and fractures.

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