# Fractures at Scot Industries, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018043911` · 4/23/2018 · EAST TROY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Scot Industries, Inc
- **Location:** 2277 North Street, EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, 53120
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine when a tube became stuck in a pneumatic roller. He went to remove the tube from the roller. When he removed enough pressure from the roller, the tube ejected out of the machine, lacerating and breaking his left pinky finger above the first knuckle.

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