# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Kuhlke Construction & Assoc., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016053754` · 5/4/2016 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Kuhlke Construction & Assoc., Inc.
- **Location:** 3704 Benchmark Drive, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30909
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was being lifted in a forklift. During the lift, the basket tipped forward, pinching the employee's right fingers between the top rail of the basket and the forklift mast.

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