# Crushing injuries at Tyler Pipe
> OSHA SIR `20161010036` · 10/25/2016 · TYLER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyler Pipe
- **Location:** 11910 County Road 492, TYLER, TEXAS, 75703
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a trailer on a wooden block. When the block fell over, he reached down to set the block up and smashed his left thumb between the wooden block and the trailer.

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