# Fractures at U.S. Department of Defense
> OSHA SIR `2021021581` · 2/22/2021 · PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Floor irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Defense
- **Location:** 4173 Buse Road, Building 540, PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND, 20670
- **NAICS:** 922190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

Two employees were using a dolly to transport a safe. When the dolly moved over the door's transition strip, the dolly and safe bounced, crushing and causing a fracture on the employee's right hand.

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