# Fractures at FIRST SOLAR, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018043710` · 4/18/2018 · PERRYSBURG, OHIO
## 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:** Drills-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** FIRST SOLAR, INC.
- **Location:** 28101 CEDAR PARK BLVD., PERRYSBURG, OHIO, 43551
- **NAICS:** 334413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 18, 2018, an employee was helping to clean out heat exchangers when a metal rod attached to a cordless drill used to clean salt deposits slipped and fractured/lacerated the employee's right thumb.

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