# Fractures at Tarkett, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032651` · 3/30/2016 · MIDDLEFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tarkett, Inc.
- **Location:** 16035 Industrial Pkwy., MIDDLEFIELD, OHIO, 44062
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a mold on a machine when the safety device processor card failed, dropping the mold on the employee's finger. The employee was hospitalized with a broken index finger and hairline fracture to the middle finger, requiring surgery.

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