# Fractures at Florida Stevedoring, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032206` · 3/7/2020 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
- **Secondary source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Stevedoring, Inc.
- **Location:** Port of Miami, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33132
- **NAICS:** 488310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were tying up a cruise vessel when the vessel tightened one of the ropes, causing it to pop and strike the three employees. Two of the employees were hospitalized. Employee 1 was hospitalized with a fractured left index finger and left forearm. Employee 2 was hospitalized with multiple fractures on the left arm. Employee 3 sustained bruises to the right side of the body.

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