# Fractures at Toys R Us
> OSHA SIR `2017109701` · 10/9/2017 · FLANDERS, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Toys R Us
- **Location:** 703 Bartley-Chester RD, FLANDERS, NEW JERSEY, 07836
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when his hand was smashed between the pallet jack and a metal broom hook that was mounted on an adjacent steel column. He suffered severe hand lacerations and broken bones below his knuckles.

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