# Fractures at Georgia Pacific Brewton Mill
> OSHA SIR `2019043929` · 4/17/2019 · BREWTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia Pacific Brewton Mill
- **Location:** 3224 HWY 31, BREWTON, ALABAMA, 36427
- **NAICS:** 32212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance, with several other employees, changing out a wire roller. The doctor blade holder was lifted up on one end of the machine, came loose and fell down on the employee's thumb, fracturing it.

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