# Fractures at MARIO SINACOLA & SONS EXCAVATING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016087532` · 8/12/2016 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** MARIO SINACOLA & SONS EXCAVATING, INC.
- **Location:** Great South Western jobsite, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75050
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was signaling a backhoe while doing excavation. His hand was holding onto a chain that was attached to a trench box and the backhoe. He signaled the backhoe, which moved the trench box. When the weight shifted, the employee's hand was pinched by the chain, avulsing and fracturing his left ring finger.

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