# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Wachta, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031539` · 3/27/2015 · STAFFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Lamp posts, street lights
## Employer
- **Name:** Wachta, Inc.
- **Location:** 11210West Airport Road, STAFFORD, TEXAS, 77477
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee preparing to move a damaged light pole to make room for a new one caught his hand between portions of the pole after trying to section it out by cutting it with a reciprocating saw. The light pole bent, and his hand was caught between sections.

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