# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Moss & Associates, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024098812` · 9/20/2024 · LEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Pile drivers, tamping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Moss & Associates, LLC
- **Location:** 16876 S CR 53, LEE, FLORIDA, 32059
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was making adjustments to a previously driven steel pile. He had his hand above the pile driving machine when the operator leaned forward and bumped the controller, causing the hammer to come down on the injured employee's right hand. The employee sustained a laceration to the middle finger and a fracture to the index finger.

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