# Crushing injuries at Precast Concrete Products of Maine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015108020` · 10/27/2015 · TOPSHAM, MAINE
## 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:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Precast Concrete Products of Maine, Inc.
- **Location:** 139 Main Street, TOPSHAM, MAINE, 04086
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stripping forms off a 2,000 gallon septic tank crushed three fingers on his right hand between the stripping bar and the concrete tank.

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