# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Ahlstrom-Munksjo
> OSHA SIR `2020021648` · 2/19/2020 · KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ahlstrom-Munksjo
- **Location:** 600 Thilmany Road, KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN, 54130
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using his right hand to remove jammed paper from a paper machine when his right arm and hand were caught between two rope sheaves, causing severe lacerations, a severed main artery in the forearm, and a fractured hand bone. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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