# Crushing injuries at Central Transport
> OSHA SIR `2016076054` · 7/6/2016 · WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Transport
- **Location:** Spring City Terminal, 1200 Wrights Lane, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19380
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 7:00 PM on July 6, 2016, at the truck docks, an employee was lifting a plastic 55-gallon drum onto a skid when the drum fell onto his right thumb. His right thumb was crushed, requiring surgery and overnight hospitalization.

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