# Fractures at XPO Logistics
> OSHA SIR `2019010532` · 1/16/2019 · NEW COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO Logistics
- **Location:** 2580 Old Route 15, NEW COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17856
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to unload trailers. His hand was under the protected forklift cage as he leaned onto the controls that lowered the boom. His left hand was then caught between the boom and the mast, causing a laceration and three broken bones in his hand. He was hospitalized.

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