# Crushing injuries at Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016020951` · 2/2/2016 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa, Inc.
- **Location:** 1700 Holt Road NE, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35404
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was cutting 36-inch pipe with a cutting torch when his right hand was crushed between the pipe flange and the cutting table. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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