# Fractures at Merit Logistics, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023076581` · 7/22/2023 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Merit Logistics, LLC
- **Location:** 6300 Creek Rd., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45242
- **NAICS:** 541614
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating a stand-up forklift was going through the roll-up door and reaching for the string to open the  door. His hand was crushed and fractured between the forklift and a pole.

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