# Fractures at Topre America Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021032217` · 3/14/2021 · CULLMAN, ALABAMA
## 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:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Topre America Corporation
- **Location:** 1580 County Road 222, CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35057
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a metal coil with an overhead crane. He noticed the chain sling was twisted and was trying to straighten it when his left index finger was pinched between the chain sling and the coil. The finger was broken.

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