# Crushing injuries at Central Alabama Wood Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020032533` · 3/17/2020 · EQUALITY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Alabama Wood Products, LLC
- **Location:** 6887 Alabama Hwy 9, EQUALITY, ALABAMA, 36026
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repositioning an elevated steel beam on a lifting device that was about 6 inches off the ground. The employee was hitting the steel beam with a hammer when the beam slipped off the lifting device and crushed the toes on the employee's right foot.

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