# Fractures at Allen & Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016031943` · 3/4/2016 · WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Allen & Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Lakeshore Subdivision, WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA, 34787
- **NAICS:** 541370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A front end loader was pulling a truck out of the sand. The loader operator asked an employee to hold the chain used to pull the truck. The chain became tight and caught the employee's middle ring finger, fracturing it. The employee required surgery.

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