# Fractures at American Bridge Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017010073` · 1/5/2017 · HUNT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Bridge Co.
- **Location:** 163 Portageville Road, HUNT, NEW YORK, 14846
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crane was lowering a steel beam when the beam dropped unexpectedly and struck an employee. The employee suffered broken fingers, a hand laceration, and back pain.

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