# Fractures at Cheney Brothers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076082` · 7/1/2017 · 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:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Cheney Brothers, Inc.
- **Location:** 3841 Center Loop Dr., ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32808
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting the fifth wheel of a tractor to a trailer when the wheel bounced up and caught the employee's ring finger, causing a compound fracture and severe laceration.

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