# Fractures at ASPEQ HEATING GROUP, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018076973` · 7/11/2018 · CUBA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ASPEQ HEATING GROUP, LLC
- **Location:** 200 Commerce Drive, CUBA, MISSOURI, 65453
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a metal screen on a sheet metal folding machine when his foot inadvertently pushed down on the machine's cycle foot pedal, causing the upper ram to close down on his hands. He suffered a compression injury and fractures to the left hand and bruises to the right hand.

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