# Crushing injuries at DFW Movers & Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010331` · 1/13/2016 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DFW Movers & Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** 4818 West Loop 281, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75603
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unbolting screws that secured a steel flange to a collar support at the end of a hydraulic cylinder. After a coworker separated the collar from the flange using a pry bar, the 200- to 300-pound flange fell and crushed the employee's little finger.

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