# Fractures at Broadwind Heavy Fabrications
> OSHA SIR `2022087284` · 8/17/2022 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Broadwind Heavy Fabrications
- **Location:** 1126 North Arnold Blvd, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79603
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using the blast booth. He tried to turn over a 9' x 5' metal stand weighing 600 lbs. when he lost his footing and dropped the stand. The stand came down on his left ring finger. The finger was fractured and lacerated.

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