# Fractures at Hanna Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20231211146` · 12/6/2023 · NORTHPORT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by thrown object-unintentional injury
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Hanna Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 1701 Boone Boulevard, NORTHPORT, ALABAMA, 35476
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had picked up a piece of steel tubing at each end to throw it into a recycling bin. When the employee threw the tube, it caught on a fixed air pipe. The employee's right hand was caught between the end of the tube and the pipe, and the employee's index finger was broken.

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