# Fractures at Developmental Disabilities Management
> OSHA SIR `2023109424` · 10/11/2023 · METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Passenger van
## Employer
- **Name:** Developmental Disabilities Management
- **Location:** 4324 Veterans Memorial #102, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70006
- **NAICS:** 623210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a patient into a van in a parking lot using a lift. The wheel chair ramp malfunctioned and their right wrist was caught between the lift's metal bars and fractured.

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