# Fractures at DHL Supply Chain
> OSHA SIR `20181010653` · 10/16/2018 · PATASKALA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** DHL Supply Chain
- **Location:** 131 Heritage Drive, PATASKALA, OHIO, 43062
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 16, 2018, at 3:45 PM, a temporary employee reached through the mast to scan a pallet that was on the forks of a powered industrial truck. While the employee was leaning forward to scan the pallet, the lift mast was engaged, crushing the employee's hand between the mast and fixed point of the lift and breaking bones.

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