# Crushing injuries at GSM Industrial
> OSHA SIR `2020043792` · 4/24/2020 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** GSM Industrial
- **Location:** 3721 Pottsville Pike, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19605
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was chipping at some concrete stuck in an I-beam when the I-beam swung out and smashed his right index finger. He was hospitalized.

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