# Fractures at Caterpillar Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098503` · 9/4/2017 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Caterpillar Inc.
- **Location:** 27th St & E Pershing Rd, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 333131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a machine using a rubber, 10.5-pound hammer, when the hammer smashed his left thumb, lacerating and fracturing it.

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