# Fractures at G.B. Concrete Services , INC
> OSHA SIR `2021053981` · 5/14/2021 · HIALEAH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** G.B. Concrete Services , INC
- **Location:** 3508 NW 107th St, HIALEAH, FLORIDA, 33018
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hammering rebar using a sledgehammer in order to construct a sidewalk and struck his right index finger causing a fracture and contusion that required surgery and hospitalization.

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