# Fractures at Shred-It
> OSHA SIR `2025043701` · 4/21/2025 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Shred-It
- **Location:** 1425 NW 10th Ave, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33136
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was deploying a lift gate using a power switch and noticed that it wasn't moving. He released the switch and was manually moving the platform when it shifted and pinched his left thumb. He was hospitalized with a left thumb fracture and required surgery.

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