# Crushing injuries at Estex Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2016088214` · 8/30/2016 · FAIRBURN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Estex Manufacturing
- **Location:** 402 Broad Street, FAIRBURN, GEORGIA, 30213
- **NAICS:** 314912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was operating a grommet machine placing the bottom and top grommet on the canvas materials when she noticed the top grommet was not straight. She tried to straighten it and the hammer came down on her right middle finger, crushing the fingertip.

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