# Fractures at AbbVie, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024109914` · 10/24/2024 · NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** AbbVie, Inc
- **Location:** 1400 Sheridan Road, NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60064
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack and backing it in to pull out drums to take to another location for storage. Their left little finger was caught between the pallet jack handle and a metal control panel in the building, resulting in a fractured finger.

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