# Crushing injuries at M-B Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010124` · 1/5/2022 · NEW HOLSTEIN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** M-B Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 1615 Wisconsin Ave, NEW HOLSTEIN, WISCONSIN, 53061
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was constructing a hitch. The employee was about to attach a steel plate, which was on end supported by a piece of wood; the employee's left hand was on the hitch. The plate fell, and the employee's left thumb was crushed between the wood block and the hitch.

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