# Fractures at Poly-America, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2016065276` · 6/14/2016 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Poly-America, L.P.
- **Location:** 2000 W. Marshall Drive, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75051
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying a box of scrap plastic onto a sorting table and suffered a broken little finger when trying to prevent plastic from sliding off the table.

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