# Crushing injuries at Wharton-Smith, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065131` · 6/6/2017 · ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Wharton-Smith, Inc.
- **Location:** 950 Keller Rd., ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, 32714
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a pipe level as it went through a machine when he slipped, lost his balance, and let go of the pipe. He tried to straighten it, but the pipe crushed his pinky fingertip between it and the adjacent concrete wall. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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