# Fractures at Gilmore Oil & Gas Services Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018077756` · 7/30/2018 · LIBERAL, KANSAS
## 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:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Gilmore Oil & Gas Services Inc
- **Location:** 11 W 5th St, LIBERAL, KANSAS, 67901
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The governor on a portable welder had been replaced. While an employee was checking the wiring behind the governor, a coolant fan blade broke his left index finger and caused tendon damage and lacerations on the other fingers.

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