# Fractures at Blanca Forestry Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098568` · 9/28/2022 · BLANCA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
- **Secondary source:** Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
## Employer
- **Name:** Blanca Forestry Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 29492 County Road 12, BLANCA, COLORADO, 81123
- **NAICS:** 115310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving 2-by-4-by-8 lumber from a production line to a cart. His middle finger was caught under some lumber, which crushed his finger against another piece of lumber on the cart. The fingertip was fractured.

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