# Fractures at Wilkinson Gary Iron & Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018055312` · 5/31/2018 · LAREDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Wilkinson Gary Iron & Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 2300 Scott St, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78040
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking in the back of a trailer when metal debris fell and struck the employee's right hand, fracturing it.

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