# Fractures at Southwire Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020098355` · 9/2/2020 · CARROLLTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwire Company, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Southwire Dr, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, 30119
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a heat print ribbon when the print wheel was lowered onto the wire. The rolling wheel crushed the employee's left index finger, causing an open tuft fracture.

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