# Crushing injuries at Hickey Metal Fabrication
> OSHA SIR `2016076999` · 7/29/2016 · SALEM, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Hickey Metal Fabrication
- **Location:** 1332 salem parkway, SALEM, OHIO, 44460
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 1,180 lb. steel plate into position to grind the welds using an overhead crane. The crane released the load catching the employee's left foot and crushing it under the load.

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