# Fractures at OTIS Elevator
> OSHA SIR `20181212832` · 12/14/2018 · CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** OTIS Elevator
- **Location:** 145 Broadway, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02142
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding the toe board of an elevator while installing it. The toe board slipped and contacted their pinky finger resulting in a laceration and fracture to the pinky finger.

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