# Crushing injuries at COGHLIN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
> OSHA SIR `2018010622` · 1/19/2018 · AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** COGHLIN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
- **Location:** Amherst Science Center, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS, 01002
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was breaking down spools of cable from a cable pole when his left ring finger was caught and crushed between a reel jack and the arbor that was holding the spools.

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