# Fractures at Merit Logistics Omaha
> OSHA SIR `2021021764` · 2/25/2021 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Merit Logistics Omaha
- **Location:** 4228 S 72nd St, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68127
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a pallet jack, unloading pallets on a semi trailer. The employee's hand was trapped between the pallet jack's steering handle and the trailer door, causing finger fractures.

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