# Fractures at VALLEY INTERIOR SYSTEMS
> OSHA SIR `2017065973` · 6/29/2017 · BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO
## 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:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** VALLEY INTERIOR SYSTEMS
- **Location:** 1134 N. Main St., BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO, 43311
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 29, 2017, an employee was emptying a trash dumpster. He used a forklift to set the dumpster over the trash compactor. Once it was set, he exited the forklift and used the lever on the side of the dumpster to dump the trash. On his way back up, his finger was caught and fractured in a pinch point between the dumpster and compactor, requiring hospitalization.

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