# Fractures at Coastal Waste & Recycling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076081` · 7/23/2021 · POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Concrete blocks, cinder blocks
- **Secondary source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** Coastal Waste & Recycling, Inc.
- **Location:** 1840 NE 33rd Street, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33064
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a concrete block off a sorting line and into a bunker. The concrete block was positioned on top of a 5-gallon bucket. While moving the block, it dropped 6 inches off the bucket and onto the tips of his right middle and ring fingers. The employee suffered a laceration to his right middle finger and a fracture to his right ring finger.

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