# Fractures at Ark-La-Tex
> OSHA SIR `2025043754` · 4/22/2025 · TYLER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ark-La-Tex
- **Location:** 425 McMurrey Dr, TYLER, TEXAS, 75701
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sledgehammer to drive stakes into the ground to secure PVC conduit. The employee's right index finger was caught between the pipe being driven and the sledgehammer, resulting in a compound fracture of the distal phalanges.

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