# Crushing injuries at Fehrer Automotive North America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017088077` · 8/22/2017 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Fehrer Automotive North America, LLC
- **Location:** 4330 West Brooke Drive, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35904
- **NAICS:** 326150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift while his right hand was outside of the driving compartment. He drove near a dumpster and his hand became caught between the forklift and the dumpster, causing a soft tissue crush injury to his right hand between the index finger and the thumb.

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