# Fractures at CHART ENERGY & CHEMICALS, INC
> OSHA SIR `2024031923` · 3/1/2024 · NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Panels, sheets, plates  metal
- **Secondary source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
## Employer
- **Name:** CHART ENERGY & CHEMICALS, INC
- **Location:** 5314 Cornelius Voorhies Rd, NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA, 70560
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were using a scissor lift to install skin plates. The skin plate being installed was dislodged from a lifting clamp, fell, and pinned the injured employee's left hand against the top rail of the scissor lift. The employee suffered fractures to the fingers, a knuckle, and the wrist.

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