# Fractures at RESCAR COMPANIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019021879` · 2/20/2019 · CHANNELVIEW, 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:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RESCAR COMPANIES, INC.
- **Location:** 407 W Brentwood, CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a steel plate to be welded to the bottom of a railroad car. His left index and middle fingers were caught and broken between the plate and the car. He was hospitalized.

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