# Fractures at Xylem
> OSHA SIR `2020087790` · 8/18/2020 · GREAT FALLS, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Xylem
- **Location:** 311 Rainbow Rd, GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, 59404
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an 18-inch pipeline flange that weighed about 150 pounds. The flange made contact with the employee's right thumb, lacerating and breaking it.

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