# Fractures at Crane Composites
> OSHA SIR `2018010662` · 1/20/2018 · JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Crane Composites
- **Location:** 8500 C W Post Rd, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a panel/film and tensioner wheel. The employee raided the tensioner wheel set and began pushing the panel/film out of the wheels. The thumb of the his left glove became caught in the tensioner wheel assembly, pulling his hand through the top and bottom wheels. Once his hand travelled through, he was able to free it. His left thumb fractured.

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