# Crushing injuries at Defiance Stamping Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016054620` · 5/25/2016 · NAPOLEON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Defiance Stamping Co.
- **Location:** 800 Independence Drive, NAPOLEON, OHIO, 43545
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a wooden block under a steel coil that was being held by a forklift. The coil then slipped off the forklift and smashed the employee's left index finger against the wooden block.

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