# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at RIVER BAY CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20181111622` · 11/11/2018 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RIVER BAY CORPORATION
- **Location:** 4100 Hutchinson River Parkway East, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10475
- **NAICS:** 531110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were pulling a loaded dumpster along a sidewalk. The dumpster's wheels locked up, pushing the front of it into a scaffold on the sidewalk; one employee's hand was wedged between the dumpster and the scaffold's pole. His left hand swelled.

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