# Fractures at Midstate Manufacturing Co.
> OSHA SIR `2020087712` · 8/14/2020 · GALESBURG, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Midstate Manufacturing Co.
- **Location:** 750 W 3RD ST., GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, 61401
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 14, 2020, a temporary employee was hanging spline shaft parts on vertical racking on a line to be washed. The employee hung a part on the top row of the racking and was hanging a part on the bottom row when the part fell from the top row. It landed on the employee's left hand, breaking and wounding the little finger.

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