# Fractures at Briess Industries Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019033017` · 3/22/2019 · CHILTON, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Briess Industries Inc
- **Location:** 37 South Columbia St, CHILTON, WISCONSIN, 53014
- **NAICS:** 311213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee contacted the moving auger while cleaning it. The employee sustained three fractured fingers and tendon and nerve damage. The auger was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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