# Crushing injuries at U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard
> OSHA SIR `2016022667` · 2/12/2016 · CURTIS BAY, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard
- **Location:** 2401 Hawkins Point RD, CURTIS BAY, MARYLAND, 21226
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was pulling steel pipe off of a cantilever rack when a large bundle of angle iron fell off the lower rack and crushed his foot.

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