# Crushing injuries at Clark Industrial Services, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20201211897` · 12/21/2020 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Clark Industrial Services, LLC.
- **Location:** 12330 Bay Area Blvd, PASADENA, TEXAS, 77507
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were replacing an autoclave seal. The seal was being lifted with a hoist when the connecting i-bolt came loose and the seal fell onto one employee's right hand. The employee suffered a severe crushing injury to the hand and fingers, with severe damage to the little finger.

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