# Fractures at Aavid Allcast, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161110482` · 11/7/2016 · ALLENTON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** Aavid Allcast, LLC
- **Location:** 217 Weis Street, ALLENTON, WISCONSIN, 53002
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the funnel on a die cast machine while standing on an inverted pail. He slipped off the pail and tried to catch himself with his right hand. The die cast's shot rod retracted, catching and crushing his right pinky and thumb, resulting in fractures.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*