# Crushing injuries at Cooper/Ports America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018076668` · 7/3/2018 · SEABROOK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper/Ports America, LLC
- **Location:** 11402 Port Rd, SEABROOK, TEXAS, 77586
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While stripping a container, an employee signaled to boom down and the forklift extension became caught on bracing material. When he went to retrieve the strap, the forklift extension slipped off the bracing material, having a spring effect that crushed his left hand.

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