# Fractures at Chemical Waste Managment, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211888` · 12/14/2017 · EMELLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Chemical Waste Managment, Inc.
- **Location:** 36964 AL Hwy 17, EMELLE, ALABAMA, 35459
- **NAICS:** 562112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was holding the tagline rope assisting a dump truck driver dump a load. When the dump bed was raised, the load shifted causing tension on the tagline rope and fracturing the injured employee's right pinky finger.

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