# Fractures at Tecomet
> OSHA SIR `2022076235` · 7/17/2022 · MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Tecomet
- **Location:** 253 Abby Rd, MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03103
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to remove a spacer plate from a machine. The plate had been raised over the machine, and the employee was trying to remove the bolts connecting it, when it dropped onto the employee's right hand and broke his thumb.

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