# Fractures at Specialty Kraft Converters
> OSHA SIR `20201111165` · 11/26/2020 · EDISON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Specialty Kraft Converters
- **Location:** 150 Field Crest Ave, EDISON, NEW JERSEY, 08837
- **NAICS:** 424990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 3:40 a.m. on November 26, 2020, an employee was working on a paper machine, sliding the extractor open to load a roll. The extractor fell onto the employee's left index finger from a height of about a foot, breaking the finger at the tip just behind the nail bed. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to put a surgical pin in place.

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