# Fractures at TRANSCO RAILWAY PRODUCTS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015031605` · 3/31/2015 · MILES CITY, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** TRANSCO RAILWAY PRODUCTS INC.
- **Location:** 901 N. LAKE, MILES CITY, MONTANA, 59301
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a 3"-diameter syphon pipe with a small valve on a tank car. The employee inserted the pipe into the tank car. The gasket moved, so he lifted it up by hand. While it was in the air under his power, he lost his grip and smashed his palm between the valve and a stud, breaking bones.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*