# Fractures at GreenPoint Ag Holdings, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022054520` · 5/24/2022 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Plowing, planting, and fertilizing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GreenPoint Ag Holdings, LLC
- **Location:** 800 Market Street NE, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to move a 24-volt battery operated fertilizer diverter conveyor system and valve. He removed an electrical cord used to charge the internal battery charger for the two 12-volt batteries when an internal spark caused an explosion within the battery box. The employee sustained a broken left hand and lacerations to the forehead.

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