# Fractures at HOOPER CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2016054623` · 5/25/2016 · DENVER, COLORADO
## 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:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** HOOPER CORPORATION
- **Location:** 16th and Pearl, DENVER, COLORADO, 80218
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to set two risers for a new underground utility vault when the operator lowered the riser onto his hand, fracturing his left index finger. He was hospitalized with hand swelling.

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