# Crushing injuries at Shale Rail
> OSHA SIR `2016021823` · 2/27/2016 · WYSOX, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Shale Rail
- **Location:** Wickwire Way Railside, WYSOX, PENNSYLVANIA, 18854
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee loading freight from a truck to a railcar got his hand crushed when the rail car sliding door closed and pinched his hand between the door and the door jamb. The employee sustained crushing injuries and lacerations to the right hand.

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