# Crushing injuries at GE Oil and Gas
> OSHA SIR `2015108074` · 10/28/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** GE Oil and Gas
- **Location:** 3300 N. Sam Houston Pkwy., E., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making welding repairs to one of the pad eyes on a 30 inch Blow Out Preventer (BOP). The task required the employee to place the BOP on a table positioner.  While welding the 14,000 lbs. piece, it fell from the table crushing the employee's left foot.

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