# Crushing injuries at Continental Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2016032193` · 3/12/2016 · HOUSTON, 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:** Pickup truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Continental Airlines
- **Location:** 8401 Travelair, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77061
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing the tailgate to a pickup truck when his left pinky finger was caught and crushed between the tailgate and the bed of the truck.

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