# Fractures at Superior Installation Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077574` · 7/24/2019 · LANCASTER, 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:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Installation Services Inc.
- **Location:** 2601 N Lancaster Hutchins Road, LANCASTER, TEXAS, 75134
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a ratchet strap to plumb and shim a vertical post that was part of a mezzanine installation. The employee released the ratchet strap and his right index finger was caught in the strap, resulting in a broken finger. He was hospitalized.

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