# Fractures at The Pennsylvania State University
> OSHA SIR `2023043383` · 4/16/2023 · UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** The Pennsylvania State University
- **Location:** University Park Campus, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, 16802
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to lower a tailgate on a dump truck. His right little finger was caught between the tailgate and a safety chain and fractured.

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