# Fractures at Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2017076316` · 7/10/2017 · SAINT GABRIEL, LOUISIANA
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC.
- **Location:** 3905 Hwy 75, SAINT GABRIEL, LOUISIANA, 70776
- **NAICS:** 111998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a chain on a roll-off-bin. He was ratcheting the links in the chain when his left ring finger was caught and fractured in a pinch point, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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