# Crushing injuries at V & S Columbus Galvanizing LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016064924` · 6/4/2016 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## 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:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** V & S Columbus Galvanizing LLC
- **Location:** 987 Buckeye Park Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 339910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a rack of material to the pickling tank. When he sat the rack down, his left middle finger was crushed between two pieces of material.

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