# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at PIPE AND DUCT SYSTEMS LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019021333` · 2/6/2019 · FENTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** PIPE AND DUCT SYSTEMS LLC
- **Location:** 2100 N. Lark Drive, FENTON, MISSOURI, 63026
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reversing a forklift truck down an inclined and elevated driveway when the forklift fell upright off the elevated driveway, which was approximately 16 inches above level ground. The employee's right hand was crushed between the cab of the forklift and a guardrail post, breaking the right middle finger and tearing tendons.

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