# Fractures at Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
> OSHA SIR `2023032627` · 3/23/2023 · OBETZ, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
- **Location:** 6023 Alum Creek Drive, OBETZ, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 447190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with straightening out a bent mudflap bracket using a jack. As the mudflap moved, the jack shifted causing the employee's hand to strike the bottom of the semi-trailer. The employee sustained abrasions and a fracture to the hand that required hospitalization and surgery.

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