# Fractures at SAMS WEST INC
> OSHA SIR `2017042987` · 4/2/2017 · BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SAMS WEST INC
- **Location:** 702 Sw 8th St, BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72716
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was restocking a freezer using a stand-up forklift. He was turning the forklift and reaching for a product when his left middle finger struck a metal beam, fracturing it.

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