# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Ports America
> OSHA SIR `2020021584` · 2/18/2020 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Ports America
- **Location:** 3927 Wharf Rd, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77550
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was being lifted in a man basket and tried to hook up a cable to a construction truck bucket. He asked the forklift operator to raise him higher and his finger was pinched between the man basket and a bolt, causing a deep tissue injury that required surgery.

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