# Crushing injuries at Flight Safety International
> OSHA SIR `2016098547` · 9/9/2016 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Machine, tool, and electric parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Flight Safety International
- **Location:** 4660 Diplomacy Rd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76155
- **NAICS:** 611512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An installation team unpacked a crate of actuator arms and placed them on blocks. One of the blocks shifted, causing an actuator to fall. When an employee attempted to catch the actuator, it crushed three fingers on his left hand.

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