# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Phifer, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111102` · 11/19/2017 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Weaving machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Phifer, Inc.
- **Location:** 4400 Kauloosa Ave, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35403
- **NAICS:** 313210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was threading woven material through the take-up device on a loom when his right middle finger entered the pinch point between the rollers while he was jogging them. As he pulled his finger back, the rollers fractured his fingertip and removed his fingernail.

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