# Fractures at Ohmstede Industrial Services
> OSHA SIR `2024109741` · 10/19/2024 · KROTZ SPRINGS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Pipe fittings, collars
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohmstede Industrial Services
- **Location:** 636 S Levee Rd, KROTZ SPRINGS, LOUISIANA, 70750
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing the process line for welding. A pipe flange that the employee was working on shifted and pinched his right thumb, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized.

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