# Fractures at Methvin Sanitation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20190910152` · 9/27/2019 · GASSVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Methvin Sanitation, Inc.
- **Location:** 162 CR 5, GASSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72635
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a hook lift roll-off truck. The employee tapped a steel plate with a hammer on the truck to get it to move and the plate dislodged, pinning his right hand and causing multiple fractures.

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