# Fractures at Ram Industrial, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098233` · 9/7/2023 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Ram Industrial, LLC
- **Location:** 12555 Ronaldson Rd, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70807
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting metal parts on a mobile cart. As he was pushing the cart up an inclined ramp, the top metal part, weighing approximately 17-20 pounds, slid backward onto his left hand. The employee sustained a fracture with an avulsion to his middle finger and lacerations to his index and ring fingers.

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