# Fractures at Independence Excavating
> OSHA SIR `2020065522` · 6/13/2020 · TRENTON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Independence Excavating
- **Location:** 1365 Lamberton Road, TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, 08611
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was torch cutting springs on a boiler. When the spring being worked on would not come off, the employee went to remove it by hand, and the spring struck his hand. The employee sustained a palm laceration and a fractured right middle finger.

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