# Crushing injuries at Gulf Island Shipyard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098420` · 9/6/2016 · JENNINGS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Island Shipyard, Inc.
- **Location:** 111 Bunge St., JENNINGS, LOUISIANA, 70546
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to move a 5-foot-long pipe when the pipe smashed the employee's left pinky finger, requiring hospitalization for surgery.

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