# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Joy Global
> OSHA SIR `2015129195` · 12/5/2015 · HOMER CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Saw blades-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Joy Global
- **Location:** 601 Lucerne Road, HOMER CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 15748
- **NAICS:** 333131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a serious injury to his right hand while positioning a 1700 pound could blade onto a table.  The injured employee suffered a broken index finger and cuts to three other fingers on his right hand when the part shifted as it was being moved with an overhead crane.  The injury occurred in the weld shop.

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