# Crushing injuries at Swift Staffing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016064943` · 6/5/2016 · TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Staffing, Inc.
- **Location:** 1689 S. Green Street, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38801
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right hand was on a safety rail when a tire rack struck and crushed his middle, ring, and pinky fingers. He was hospitalized.

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