# Fractures at C. Martin Company, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023098594` · 9/18/2023 · WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(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:** C. Martin Company, Inc
- **Location:** White Sands Missile Range Building 1512, WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO, 88002
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with crane operations for a crane that was lifting a 20,000 pound shipping container. Something shifted and the container began to sway. The employee went to steady the load when his left little and ring finger were pinched between the container and the crane outrigger, resulting in fractures.

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