# Crushing injuries at KIRBY SPECIALITIES CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2016010851` · 1/29/2016 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** KIRBY SPECIALITIES CORPORATION
- **Location:** 5505 Jefferson Parkway, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71602
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were removing equipment and debris from a roof. The Skytrak was raised for equipment and debris to be placed on the forks. The injured employee grabbed the forks. The forks came down while the employee was holding on to them and smashed his left hand fingers between the forks and the catwalk.

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