# Fractures at John Deere Harvester Works
> OSHA SIR `2021075537` · 7/7/2021 · EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Off-road passenger vehicles-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** John Deere Harvester Works
- **Location:** 1100 13th Ave, EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS, 61244
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 7, 2021, an employee was removing a repair trailer from a utility vehicle's hitch using their right hand. As the hitch released, it pinched their right index finger between the tailgate of the utility vehicle and the trailer hitch latch resulting in a laceration and fracture to the right index finger 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*