# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Tokai Carbon CB, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2025021788` · 2/24/2025 · ADDIS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Tokai Carbon CB, Ltd.
- **Location:** 5221 Sid Richardson Road, ADDIS, LOUISIANA, 70710
- **NAICS:** 325180
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift in the shipping warehouse. Carbon black residue along with moisture caused the concrete flooring to be slippery. When the employee applied the brakes, the forklift began to slide. As the employee turned the forklift to avoid striking a vertical support beam, his left hand was caught between the support beam and the support bar of the forklift cab. The employee sustained fractures to four fingers and two bones in the palm, as well as a laceration in the palm area.

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