# Fractures at Ervin Cable Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201111218` · 11/30/2020 · MOUNTAIN BROOK, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Ervin Cable Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 207 Hollywood Blvd, MOUNTAIN BROOK, ALABAMA, 35223
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing fiber optic cable. A winch rope gained tension and one of the bull snaps failed, lacerating the employee's left palm and fracturing the employee's left little finger.

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