# Fractures at Reliance Well Service Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017077225` · 7/29/2017 · RINGGOLD, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Reliance Well Service Inc
- **Location:** Derrel W. Sharp 12#1 Well, RINGGOLD, LOUISIANA, 71068
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sledgehammer to hit a piece of pipe. The hammer deflected and smashed his right pinky finger between the head of the hammer and the tubing tongs. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to his right pinky finger resulting in hospitalization.

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