# Fractures at Wolverine Tube, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010595` · 1/19/2024 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Wolverine Tube, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 Market Street N.E., DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 331318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was attaching a piece of foam in the hood of a finishing saw. The hood lowered and the employee's right middle finger was pinched between the hood and the table resulting in a fracture and laceration. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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