# Fractures at Gulf Stream Marine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021042886` · 4/7/2021 · PORT ARANSAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Stream Marine, Inc.
- **Location:** Gulf Copper Harbor Island Facility, PORT ARANSAS, TEXAS, 78373
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a chain binder that was used to secure cargo to a vessel. While working to free the handle of the tension binder from the deck plate using the handle of another binder, the binder suddenly released and struck the employee on the left side of his face and on the right thumb. The employee sustained a fractured right thumb and a laceration on the left cheek.

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