# Fractures at Allchem Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021846` · 2/25/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Allchem Services Inc.
- **Location:** 9011 E. Almeda Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As an employee was repositioning a steel box fan, a can of glue fell into the fan. When the employee attempted to retrieve the can, her right hand contacted the fan blade and her index, middle, and ring fingers were broken and lacerated.

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