# Fractures at Henkels and McCoy
> OSHA SIR `2019099287` · 9/6/2019 · POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Henkels and McCoy
- **Location:** Schuylkill and Keim Streets, POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19465
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a digging bar to break rock that was preventing a trench box from fitting into an excavation. The tool caused a compound fracture to the employee's ring finger.

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