# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Maxim Crane LP
> OSHA SIR `20161110843` · 11/18/2016 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Maxim Crane LP
- **Location:** 8500 West Bay Rd., BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was part of a rigging crew tasked with using an overhead 8-ton crane to move a heat exchanger through two columns. The employee pushed the exchanger through by hand and it swung back and struck the employee's left index finger and thumb. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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