# Fractures at Landers Auto Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2015052733` · 5/8/2015 · APOPKA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Landers Auto Recycling
- **Location:** 3024 Apopka Blvd, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 32703
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the battery on a forklift when the battery slipped and crushed his thumb, fracturing and lacerating it.

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