# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Peco Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025032776` · 3/24/2025 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object dropped by person
- **Source:** Panels, sheets, plates  metal
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Peco Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 3701 Reese Phifer Avenue, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 24, 2025, an employee was clearing a backed-up drain. As he was removing one of two fiberglass grates from the clogged drain, the grate slipped and fell, causing his right index finger to be crushed between the two grates. His right distal index finger was fractured and lacerated.

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