# Fractures at Simplot Growers' Solution
> OSHA SIR `2016021286` · 2/11/2016 · HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Simplot Growers' Solution
- **Location:** 2415 U.S. Hwy 90a, HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS, 77964
- **NAICS:** 444220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a chain attached to a gopher machine being lifted by a forklift. The employee's hand was caught in the chain as it was being lifted, fracturing the right ring fingertip.

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