# Fractures at TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2023021653` · 2/21/2023 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY
- **Location:** 5402 West Sligh Avenue, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33634
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting in the movement of a reel of steel wire onto a truck using a forklift and a sling. The load became stuck on a stanchion and the employee pulled up on the load, causing the employee's hand to become caught/crushed between the reel and the boom of the forklift. The employee sustained two hand fractures.

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