# Fractures at West Roofing Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111732` · 11/14/2018 · LANSING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** West Roofing Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 18300 Greenbay Drive, LANSING, ILLINOIS, 60438
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a drum transfer cart to move a drum. When the employee disengaged the lock on the drum cart, it broke and injured the employee's hand.

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