# Fractures at The Boldt Company
> OSHA SIR `20191010707` · 10/14/2019 · PALATKA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ropes, ties, chains, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Boldt Company
- **Location:** 215 CR 216, PALATKA, FLORIDA, 32177
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 14, 2019, an employee was placing a wire rope choker around a pedestal that was going to be moved by an all-terrain forklift when his hand was pinched between a piece of rigging (wire rope choker) and the load that was to be moved. He was hospitalized with fractures to three of his fingers and a laceration to the palm of his left hand.

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