# Fractures at The Turner Company
> OSHA SIR `20171010216` · 10/24/2017 · RHOME, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** The Turner Company
- **Location:** 11049 S. 287, RHOME, TEXAS, 76078
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to place a heavy round metal plate into a slot by hand. He released the plate with his right hand and his left middle fingertip received a bone fracture.

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