# Crushing injuries at Hulcher Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016031962` · 3/4/2016 · PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
- **Secondary source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hulcher Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 4683 Highway 190 W, PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA, 70767
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to dismount a railcar by the side ladder when the railcar began to move along the tracks. The railcar collided with a pipe layer on an A-frame, crushing the employee's right hand between the pipe layer and the ladder of the railcar. The employee was hospitalized and required hand surgery.

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