# Crushing injuries at Southwestern Electric Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2020021745` · 2/21/2020 · HORNBECK, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwestern Electric Power Company
- **Location:** 1917 Hwy 171, HORNBECK, LOUISIANA, 71439
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a digger derrick to dig for utility line access. While he was troubleshooting the faulty boom of the truck, his hand was placed on the boom, crushing his left ring finger.

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