# Fractures at GAP Pollution & Environmental Control, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107807` · 10/19/2015 · BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GAP Pollution & Environmental Control, Inc.
- **Location:** 13th Street & Braddock Avenue, BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 15104
- **NAICS:** 541690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was acting as a signal person for a driver backing the truck. The employee's left hand was caught between the corner of a building and the truck. The employee underwent surgery to repair a fractured thumb and the surrounding soft tissue.

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