# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Schnabel Foundation Company
> OSHA SIR `2015064105` · 6/26/2015 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Schnabel Foundation Company
- **Location:** 18th Street and Wazee, DENVER, COLORADO, 80202
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injured when picking up some steel plates from a pallet. When one piece of steel started to slip, he tried to catch it with the other hand.  His middle finger became pinched between two pieces of steel. He required surgery.

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