# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Carpenter and Paterson
> OSHA SIR `20161110702` · 11/14/2016 · WESTWEGO, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
## Employer
- **Name:** Carpenter and Paterson
- **Location:** 434 Latigue Rd., WESTWEGO, LOUISIANA, 70094
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee and his coworker were lifting a lid off an installation barrel. When the coworker dropped his side, the injured employee tried to grab the falling lid. The falling metal lid lacerated and fractured his right hand exposing tendons and ligaments.

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