# Fractures at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2016065802` · 6/28/2016 · WHITE HALL, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 6300 W 4th Ave, WHITE HALL, ARKANSAS, 71602
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to straighten a pin with a sledge hammer when the sledge hammer struck his right hand, fracturing his middle and ring fingers.

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