# Fractures at TK ELEVATOR CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2024010920` · 1/30/2024 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## 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:** Elevators
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TK ELEVATOR CORPORATION
- **Location:** 112 West Peachtree NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30309
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 30, 2024, a maintenance employee was cleaning and wiping down the inside of an elevator with their left hand when their cleaning cloth got snagged on moving equipment, causing their hand to become caught in the equipment as well. The employee fractured her left middle finger and sustained a cut requiring stitches and was hospitalized.

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