# Fractures at Spring & Associates, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043749` · 4/11/2019 · MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
- **Secondary source:** Slings
## Employer
- **Name:** Spring & Associates, Inc.
- **Location:** 626 Boyds Corner Road, MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE, 19709
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were drilling a water line/pipe when a sling, used to stabilize the pipe, caught an employee's arm and shoulders. His hands and arms were broken.

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