# Fractures at Eastern Metal Supply DE
> OSHA SIR `2024109432` · 10/9/2024 · NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Trucks  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Eastern Metal Supply DE
- **Location:** 8555 Tonnelle Ave, NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY, 07047
- **NAICS:** 423840
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering aluminum. While loosening the trailer straps to make the delivery, a bundle of aluminum extrusion (245 lbs.) that had shifted during transport fell from the truck bed and struck their right hand. They sustained fractures to their middle and ring fingers and required surgery.

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