# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at PK Welding LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016021142` · 2/5/2016 · LATHAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** PK Welding LLC
- **Location:** 1 Pepsi Cola Drive, LATHAM, NEW YORK, 12110
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 2/5/16 at approximately 9:00 a.m., an employee was loading four-inch black pipe onto a truck rack. The employee was securing the pipe into straps and a pipe rolled back onto his hands. The employee was wearing leather work gloves. The pipe crushed his right middle finger on his right hand resulting in a hairline fracture and laceration requiring sutures. The employee was later hospitalized for treatment of an infection.

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