# Crushing injuries at STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES
> OSHA SIR `2017032754` · 3/27/2017 · MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** STRUCTURAL STEEL SERVICES
- **Location:** 6210 SAINT LOUIS STREET, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39307
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring H piling down a conveyor system when his right pinky finger was smashed between the H piling and the conveyor roller.

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