# Fractures at Garney Holding Co.
> OSHA SIR `2018099465` · 9/13/2018 · CULLMAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Garney Holding Co.
- **Location:** 419 County Road 1650, CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35055
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was directing an excavator in the installation of water piping. The employee's left middle finger was caught and fractured between the excavator's quick disconnect and a piece of lumber. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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