# Fractures at Spinweld, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110350` · 11/2/2016 · WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Spinweld, Inc.
- **Location:** W227 N546 Westmound Drive, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53186
- **NAICS:** 332912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a friction welding unit when the clamp for hold-down caught and fractured the employee's left middle finger.

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