# Fractures at Service Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2018077648` · 7/27/2018 · WINFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Service Electric Company
- **Location:** 100 Bills Creek Road, WINFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA, 25213
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 27, 2018, a lineman fell while guiding a steel tower foundation leg in place. His thumb was caught in a pinch point in the tower frame, suffering a fracture.

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