# Fractures at Tuftco Finishing Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065781` · 6/28/2016 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Striking and nailing handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tuftco Finishing Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 WEST INDUSTRIAL BLVD, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30722
- **NAICS:** 333292
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a lead shot plastic face hammer when the hammer struck his left index finger, breaking it.

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