# Fractures at Synergy Solar, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065389` · 6/9/2020 · JOHNSTON, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Synergy Solar, Inc.
- **Location:** 2344 Plainfield Pike, JOHNSTON, RHODE ISLAND, 02919
- **NAICS:** 221114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A support for erecting a solar array was being driven into the ground, but had stopped due to an underground obstruction. An employee was re-connecting a chain to the ground support when the puller ram machine activated, causing the chain to rise up and tighten around the support and catch the employee's finger. The employee sustained an open fracture, laceration, and hematoma to the index finger.

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