# Fractures at Alpine Staffing Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2021054116` · 5/20/2021 · EATON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpine Staffing Solutions
- **Location:** Eaton Feed Mill, EATON, COLORADO, 80615
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was cleaning an airlock from on top of a pile of feed. He began to fall, and his hand was caught in the airlock as he tried to catch himself. He suffered a broken thumb.

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