# Fractures at IMIA LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221110108` · 11/16/2022 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Bricks and pavers
## Employer
- **Name:** IMIA LLC
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Ave., NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was loading 55-pound ballast bricks into a space on a submarine with help from a co-worker. The co-worker passed a brick to the injured employee when it fell onto the employee's left ring finger, pinching it against a steel bin. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the left ring finger.

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