# Fractures at NORPLAS INDUSTRIES INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019010202` · 1/7/2019 · NORTHWOOD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** NORPLAS INDUSTRIES INC.
- **Location:** 7825 CAPLE BLVD., NORTHWOOD, OHIO, 43619
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 7, 2019, a maintenance employee was replacing a fork on a forklift when the fork smashed his finger between the fork and the forklift. He was hospitalized with a broken right middle finger.

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