# Fractures at Vadd, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065334` · 6/1/2018 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** Vadd, Inc.
- **Location:** Skyland Elementary, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mixing mortar when a bag fell in the mortar mixer. The employee was attempting to retrieve it when the mixing paddle struck the employee's hand, breaking a finger and causing lacerations.

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