# Fractures at Wausau Equipment Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077051` · 7/12/2019 · NEW BERLIN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Wausau Equipment Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1905 S Moorland Rd, NEW BERLIN, WISCONSIN, 53151
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to move parts when a part slipped, causing the load to become unbalanced. While trying to stabilize the load and catch the falling piece, the employee sustained a broken thumb.

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