# Fractures at Hubbell Power Systems, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181010554` · 10/12/2018 · LEEDS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Hubbell Power Systems, Inc
- **Location:** 8100 Churchill Avenue, LEEDS, ALABAMA, 35094
- **NAICS:** 335313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inserting the final bolt to install a 1,000-pound electrical substation switch on a metal frame. The switch was supported by a magnetic lifting device, which released the switch; it dropped about 2 inches and pinched the employee's left hand against the metal frame. The employee suffered injuries requiring surgery: two broken bones in the hand and lacerations to the index finger and thumb.

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