# Crushing injuries at UPS Ground Freight, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021682` · 2/21/2017 · PALATINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS Ground Freight, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 N. Hicks Road, PALATINE, ILLINOIS, 60074
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 21, 2017, at approximately 9:35 p.m., two employees were moving bulk carts. The injured employee's left hand was pinched between the two carts, resulting in a crushing injury that required surgery and hospitalization.

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