# Fractures at Expal USA
> OSHA SIR `2018099198` · 9/5/2018 · HOOKS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonclassifiable
- **Source:** Ammunition
## Employer
- **Name:** Expal USA
- **Location:** 690 N Ellis, HOOKS, TEXAS, 75561
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a left palm laceration and broken fifth metacarpal while removing the retaining ring from a remote anti-armor munition (RAAM) mine.

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