# Fractures at WKW Erbsloeh North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065907` · 6/30/2016 · PELL CITY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Honing, polishing, lapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** WKW Erbsloeh North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 103 Parkway East, PELL CITY, ALABAMA, 35125
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was anodizing parts on a polishing machine when the part jerked, breaking the employee's left thumb and pinky finger.

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