# Fractures at TCI Powder Coatings
> OSHA SIR `2019077376` · 7/19/2019 · ELLAVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TCI Powder Coatings
- **Location:** 734 Dixon Dr, ELLAVILLE, GEORGIA, 31806
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clean out a key slot on a sifter shaft. When the employee pulled the trigger, the wheel fell apart, causing a compound fracture to the employee's left hand.

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