# Crushing injuries at Triple S Steel, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015074654` · 7/14/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Triple S Steel, LLC
- **Location:** 6000 Jensen Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77026
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was separating steel bundles with an overhead crane when the rigging of one bundle shifted crushing the employee's right index finger. The employee was taken to the hospital and admitted for treatment.

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