# Fractures at Rent A Center
> OSHA SIR `2018087872` · 8/1/2018 · GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** Rent A Center
- **Location:** 1323 East Pass Rd., GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39507
- **NAICS:** 532299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was raising a lift gate on the back of a box truck. Her right wrist was caught between the control box and the gate's side rail, suffering an open fracture.

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