# Fractures at Fenson Contracting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098883` · 9/26/2023 · MINSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Fenson Contracting, LLC
- **Location:** 7th street, MINSTER, OHIO, 45865
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 26, 2023, an employee was working in a trench box while a co-worker was lowering a piece of plastic pipe by hand using a rope. The pipe swung and struck the employee's hand, fracturing their right thumb and middle and ring fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

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