# Fractures at Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025088012` · 8/13/2025 · LENEXA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object dropped by person
- **Source:** Batteries
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc.
- **Location:** 7900 Renner Rd, LENEXA, KANSAS, 66219
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a 4D battery into a truck when the battery dropped on their left thumb, resulting in a fracture and laceration that required hospitalization.

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