# Fractures at Veeco Instruments
> OSHA SIR `2020021243` · 2/7/2020 · SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Veeco Instruments
- **Location:** 394 Elizabeth Ave, SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, 08873
- **NAICS:** 423460
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a pallet with a piece of equipment on it. The pallet started to shift and the equipment struck the employee's left hand and arm, causing a fractured wrist and a large cut on the arm.

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