# Fractures at UNICON OPERATING COMPANY, INC
> OSHA SIR `2021032247` · 3/15/2021 · BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** UNICON OPERATING COMPANY, INC
- **Location:** 1420 south St. Louis St, BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72501
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 10:00 a.m. on March 15, 2021, an employee was loading a trailer with a forklift. As the forklift moved around the trailer, it became stuck in a hole. The employee was trying to free it when it broke loose and slid into trailer. The employee's left hand was smashed between trailer and the forklift's roll cage; the hand and fingers were broken.

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