TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA—
Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc., 1401 Industrial Park Drive, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA 35401 on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was changing tools on a machine when the employee's left pinky finger was caught between the pusher tool and another tool. The employee suffered a broken left pinky and torn ligament.
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