# Fractures at R.W. Sauder, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010972` · 1/31/2017 · LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Impact wrenches-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** R.W. Sauder, Inc.
- **Location:** 570 Furnace Hills Pike, LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA, 17543
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working underneath a trailer trying to remove a wheel with an air gun. The air pressure released causing the gun to jolt and catch the employee's hand between the floor and the bottom of the gun. The employee's right pinky finger was broken and the employee was hospitalized.

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