# Fractures at E.J Deseta Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021654` · 2/16/2018 · NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Ducts
## Employer
- **Name:** E.J Deseta Company Inc.
- **Location:** 41 Southgate Boulevard, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 19720
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was being elevated in a scissor lift to install duct work. The employee's left hand was caught between the scissor lift's hand rail and the conduit suspended in the air resulting in a fractured and lacerated hand.

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