# Fractures at Joeris General Contractors LTD
> OSHA SIR `2020065440` · 6/11/2020 · SUGAR LAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Joeris General Contractors LTD
- **Location:** 14030 Florence Road, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, 77498
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a forklift operator move an oxy/acetylene cutting rig. The employee's hand got caught between a fork and the lifting eye on the cutting rig, causing a fracture to the index metacarpal bone in the hand.

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