# Fractures at Stribling Equipment
> OSHA SIR `20241110447` · 11/8/2024 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
- **Secondary source:** Hydraulic and pressurized cylinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Stribling Equipment
- **Location:** 3410 South Zero Street, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72908
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a bucket from a backhoe. When the pin was removed, the hydraulic cylinder came down on the employee's little finger, resulting in a fracture that required surgery.

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