# Fractures at Performance Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076691` · 7/25/2023 · MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Performance Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 2357 LA-662, MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA, 70380
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a horizontal steel beam that was being lowered by a crane. The beam lowered 4 inches and struck his left hand, causing fractures to the hand and injuries to the second digit below the knuckle.

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