# Fractures at Waste Management of Ohio, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022087438` · 8/22/2022 · THORNVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of Ohio, Inc.
- **Location:** 11695 Zartman Rd, THORNVILLE, OHIO, 43076
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to take the slack out of a winch cable. The hook slid and pinned the employee's right hand against the winch controls, breaking the hand and lacerating the little finger.

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