# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Gaven Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021103` · 2/3/2020 · SAXONBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gaven Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 6655 North Noah Drive, SAXONBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16056
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees had lifted a 200-pound hatch and attached a gas shock to the hatch assembly (to be prototyped as a hold-open device). A third employee reached up to pull on the hatch and determine the force needed for the hatch to close with the gas shock in place. The tack welds that held one end of the gas shock broke, causing the hatch to close on the employee's right hand. The employee's hand and fingers were broken and a tendon and an artery in the hand were torn.

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