# Crushing injuries at Richardson Stevedoring Logistics
> OSHA SIR `2016087168` · 8/3/2016 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## 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:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Richardson Stevedoring Logistics
- **Location:** 2217 Hwy 99, CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to discharge fuel from a barge by positioning a C-hook on a coil. After he slid the C-hook into the coil, his hand rested on the bottom of the C-hook. When a crane began to lift the hook, the coil and his fingers became caught, crushing his left-hand pinky, ring, and middle fingers.

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