# Fractures at HWI Environmental Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043051` · 4/7/2024 · CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** HWI Environmental Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 3000 Continental PKWY, CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39056
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift through water when it slid into a concrete pole. Upon impact, the employee's left hand struck the ball on the steering wheel, resulting in a fractured ring finger.

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