# Fractures at Tiffin Paper Company
> OSHA SIR `2023010103` · 1/5/2023 · TIFFIN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tiffin Paper Company
- **Location:** 265 Sixth Avenue, TIFFIN, OHIO, 44883
- **NAICS:** 488490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 5, 2023, an employee was operating a stand-up electric forklift to rearrange wooden pallets in a warehouse. The forklift struck a concrete pole and the employee's thumb was pinched between the pole and the forklift, resulting in a fractured thumb.

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