# Crushing injuries at ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016109496` · 10/8/2016 · SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation
- **Location:** 18555 Collins Avenue, SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, 33160
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading counter weights into a counter weight frame during an elevator installation when the counter weights crushed his middle and ring fingers.

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