# Fractures at Schutz Container System
> OSHA SIR `2019076940` · 7/10/2019 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** Schutz Container System
- **Location:** 5000 Underwood, PASADENA, TEXAS, 77507
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying two plastic drums/containers when the top one bounced. It pinched and fractured his left thumb between the two containers. He was hospitalized.

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