# Fractures at Town Fair Tire
> OSHA SIR `2016042897` · 4/6/2016 · EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** Town Fair Tire
- **Location:** 460 Coe Avenue, EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06512
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was elevating an order picker when three of his fingers were caught between the top of the cage and a steel beam in the ceiling, fracturing and crushing the fingers.

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