# Fractures at Earl W. Colvard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201211746` · 12/16/2020 · DELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Earl W. Colvard, Inc.
- **Location:** 816 S. Woodland Blvd., DELAND, FLORIDA, 32720
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a wheel/tire assembly. He was straightening a valve that had been pushed out of position when the tire slipped out of the clamp and pushed his hands into the studs. He suffered a laceration and fracture.

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