# Fractures at Ferguson Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `2021031879` · 3/2/2021 · LEONARD, TEXAS
## 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:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ferguson Enterprises
- **Location:** 361 County Road 4965, LEONARD, TEXAS, 75452
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A driver was helping unload product at a customer location. As the customer used a forklift to unload the product, an iron pipe started slipping. The employee was using a tightening rod to push the bar when his left thumb was caught between the pipe and the rod. The thumb was crushed and broken.

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