# Crushing injuries at Dean Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054660` · 5/26/2016 · LANSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Dean Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 880 Allentown Road, LANSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19446
- **NAICS:** 424430
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a walkie pallet jack from under a pallet when his right-hand thumb was caught and crushed between the handle and the unit.

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