# Fractures at MJ Lathern Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109732` · 10/10/2017 · HEWITT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** MJ Lathern Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 224 North Hewitt Drive, HEWITT, TEXAS, 76643
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was holding a metal part on a brake press while another employee operated the press. As the press operator hit the brake press pedal, the injured employee's right hand slipped off the metal and was smashed and fractured between the metal part and the press die.

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