# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Boutwell,Owens and Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111274` · 11/27/2017 · FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Boutwell,Owens and Company Inc.
- **Location:** 251 Authority Drive, FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS, 01420
- **NAICS:** 322219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hydraulic pallet jack to move product in the warehouse when his right hand was caught between the handle and frame of the pallet jack, fracturing bones and tearing tendons in his ring and pinky fingers. He was hospitalized.

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