# Fractures at Peter Pan Seafoods
> OSHA SIR `2019088227` · 8/10/2019 · KING COVE, ALASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Peter Pan Seafoods
- **Location:** P.O. Box 16, KING COVE, ALASKA, 99612
- **NAICS:** 311712
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was offloading fish from a fishing tender vessel using a 12-inch suction hose. The hose had an air pocket that caused it to whip, striking the employee's hand against the coaming on a hatch. The employee sustained right-hand lacerations and a fracture.

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