# Fractures at The Middlesex Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016065600` · 6/23/2016 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Middlesex Corporation
- **Location:** MCO, Orlando New Terminal  C, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32824
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a metal water gate and placing it into the front bucket of a loader.  The water gate shifted and the employee lost control of it.  His right pointer fingertip was caught between the water gate and the bucket of the excavator. His finger broke and was lacerated across the nailbed.

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