# Fractures at ABF Freight System Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109877` · 10/16/2020 · LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
## 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:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ABF Freight System Inc.
- **Location:** 50 Boulderbrook Circle SE, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, 30046
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up two 28-foot freight trailers. His left hand was caught between a trailer and the converter gear, and he suffered lacerations and a broken middle finger.

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