# Fractures at Foster Electric (U.S.A.), Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043058` · 4/6/2023 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Foster Electric (U.S.A.), Inc.
- **Location:** 1216 Don Haskins Drive, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79936
- **NAICS:** 334310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to move empty plastic totes that were stacked three levels high. As the employee was driving the forklift toward the bottom pallet, the totes were pushed against the middle bar of the material rack. This caused the plastic totes to fall onto the overhead guard of the forklift where the employee's hand was resting. The employee sustained a right middle finger fracture.

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