# Fractures at Swissport USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043199` · 4/9/2017 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Swissport USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 8684 Bear Rd., Suite 600, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32827
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading a heavy pallet from a plane when his right middle finger was pinned against the pallet and the dolly lock. His finger broke and required hospitalization.

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