# Fractures at Eldridge Electric Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017053927` · 5/1/2017 · SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Eldridge Electric Co.
- **Location:** 5202 Surewood Way, SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, 76901
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sledgehammer to nail a stake into the ground. When he swung the hammer, it missed the stake and struck his hand, breaking it and requiring hospitalization.

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