# Crushing injuries at Wise Pole Line
> OSHA SIR `2016032077` · 3/8/2016 · DECATUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Wise Pole Line
- **Location:** Field by 1491 CR 2320, DECATUR, TEXAS, 76234
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a free-swivel utility bucket installing the primary and neutral lines on a pole. The bucket moved, and the employee's left-hand middle finger was crushed and punctured by the parking bracket.

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