# Fractures at Richard Goettle, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032221` · 3/12/2024 · APPLE GROVE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Combustion engine blocks, cylinders, pistons
- **Secondary source:** Pile drivers, tamping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Richard Goettle, Inc.
- **Location:** 67 Hereford Lane, APPLE GROVE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25502
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving steel H-beams into the ground using a diesel-powered driving hammer when a piston broke in half and came down on their right hand, resulting in a compound fracture to their hand and wrist.

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