# Fractures at Noel Fine Furniture, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109850` · 10/19/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Noel Fine Furniture, Inc.
- **Location:** 2727 Southwest Freeway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77098
- **NAICS:** 423210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 500 pound box. The box slipped and bent her right hand backwards shattering the wrist.

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