# Fractures at Austin Maintenance & Construction, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015021110` · 2/4/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Austin Maintenance & Construction, INC.
- **Location:** 12000 Lawndale, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77017
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were installing a pump at the facility. During the process, the pump shifted and caught one of the employees fingers, smashing it against the pedestal wall of the pump. Employee was transported to the Memorial Herman Hospital where they determined that the finger had a fracture.

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