# Fractures at UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017032146` · 3/8/2017 · MOORE HAVEN, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION
- **Location:** Moore Haven 3 Loading Station, MOORE HAVEN, FLORIDA, 33471
- **NAICS:** 111930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a tire on a fuel trailer using a floor jack. When the employee lowered the trailer, his left hand was caught between the chassis and the tire resulting in fractures that required hospitalization.

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