# Fractures at Eastern Metal Supply
> OSHA SIR `2020087559` · 8/10/2020 · RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Eastern Metal Supply
- **Location:** 4268 Westroads Drive, RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA, 33407
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was backing up a stand-up forklift. The forklift's mast struck a 900-pound bundle of aluminum channel overhead, causing it to fall from a rack onto the employee's right hand. He suffered a laceration and a fracture to his right index finger.

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