# Crushing injuries at Transport Corporation of America Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016032534` · 3/24/2016 · DALLAS, 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
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Transport Corporation of America Inc
- **Location:** 9186 S Hamptons Rd, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75232
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to cage a brake chamber with a caging bolt. The caging bolt was too short, so the employee applied shop air to the chamber to connect the bolt. As the employee was installing a fitting on the chamber to connect it to the air hose coupling, the employee's left middle finger was caught and crushed between the chamber and bolt washer.

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