# Fractures at General Asphalt Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088088` · 8/8/2018 · SUNRISE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Milling machines, cold planers, and road profilers
## Employer
- **Name:** General Asphalt Company Inc.
- **Location:** 8490 NW 44 Street, SUNRISE, FLORIDA, 33351
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing the front tie rod of a milling machine that broke. He was trying to put the rod together to align it when the end yoke moved and hit his left hand, fracturing his index and middle fingers.

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