# Fractures at Edison Power Constructors, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017088431` · 8/31/2017 · BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Edison Power Constructors, Inc
- **Location:** Java Drive, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, 33435
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was lifting a concrete power pole off a pole trailer to verify the lifting point was in the proper position. The injured employee's hand was on an insulator that was attached to the pole, checking for balance, when the pole shifted and caught his right pinky finger between the insulator and a bolt on a second pole that was on the trailer. His finger was fractured between the main and middle knuckles.

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