# Fractures at Good Samaritan Society - Decatur County
> OSHA SIR `2022087132` · 8/11/2022 · OBERLIN, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
- **Source:** Beds, mattresses
## Employer
- **Name:** Good Samaritan Society - Decatur County
- **Location:** 108 East Ash Street, OBERLIN, KANSAS, 67749
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to change the electric motor on a hospital bed. The bed collapsed as he removed the motor, and its frame crushed his thumb. He suffered an open fracture to the thumb, with tendon damage, and was hospitalized.

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