# Fractures at C & H Transportation
> OSHA SIR `2017043344` · 4/13/2017 · HOUMA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** C & H Transportation
- **Location:** Gulf Services Pro, HOUMA, LOUISIANA, 70364
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a forklift operator load material onto his truck when his left hand was crushed between the trailer and mast of the forklift, fracturing and lacerating his index and middle fingers.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*