# Fractures at Ergon Refining
> OSHA SIR `2023010982` · 1/31/2023 · VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine, tool, and electric parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ergon Refining
- **Location:** 2125 Haining Road, VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39183
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing bearings on a compressor shaft when the shaft fell and struck the employee's hand. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to their left ring finger.

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