# Crushing injuries at C.C. Forbes, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018087984` · 8/6/2018 · WHITSETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** C.C. Forbes, LLC
- **Location:** 28.40'30" N, -98.14'55" W, WHITSETT, TEXAS, 78075
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was part of a five-person crew that was removing a polishing rod when the clamp that holds the stuffing box failed, causing the stuffing box to catch the employee's hands against the clamp and stuffing box. The employee's right thumb was crushed, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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