# Fractures at Epic Piping, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022109386` · 10/26/2022 · SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Epic Piping, LLC
- **Location:** 2301 North IH-35, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a co-worker empty 55-gallon trash barrels into a self-dumping hopper on a forklift. As the injured employee reached to help empty the drum, the co-worker used the forklift to move the barrel. The drum shifted suddenly and pinched the injured employee's left thumb between the barrel and the hopper, resulting in a left thumb fracture at the first joint.

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