# Fractures at Phifer Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2018077709` · 7/29/2018 · 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:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Phifer Incorporated
- **Location:** 4400 Kauloosa Ave, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a micro welder. The welding die clamped down on the wire, breaking the employee's left index finger.

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