# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Interfor US, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098323` · 9/8/2024 · EATONTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Other hammers, mallets
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Interfor US, Inc.
- **Location:** 370 Dennis Station Road SW, EATONTON, GEORGIA, 31024
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a center sleeve from a clutch with a hammer. The hammer struck their left thumb while loosening a bearing. The thumb was fractured and lacerated above the knuckle.

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