# Fractures at Connector Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043574` · 4/24/2024 · GREENVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Connector Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 501 Industrial Prky, GREENVILLE, ALABAMA, 36037
- **NAICS:** 335931
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a standup forklift in the warehouse to move it out of the way when the forklift struck the adjacent shelving. The employee sustained a broken hand that required surgery and hospitalization.

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