# Fractures at Charter Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `2016021152` · 2/6/2016 · SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Steel Company
- **Location:** 1658 COLD SPRINGS ROAD, SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53080
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hammering a lifting rod and hit a finger while swinging the hammer causing a laceration and fracture of the left index finger.

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