# Fractures at Walker Engineering
> OSHA SIR `20181112135` · 11/27/2018 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Walker Engineering
- **Location:** 11327 Dreamland Dr., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78230
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing accessories on a trackhoe when his index finger was crushed between the trackhoe and the jackhammer, resulting in a broken bone that required hospitalization.

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