# Crushing injuries at GENERAL MOTORS
> OSHA SIR `2019055488` · 5/31/2019 · WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** GENERAL MOTORS
- **Location:** 1500 East Route A, WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI, 63385
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a slow-flow valve while resting his free hand on the H block. As he was tuning the valve, his finger was caught and crushed by the H block.

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