# Crushing injuries at Superior Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2017065578` · 6/18/2017 · ORLA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Energy Services
- **Location:** Yeti States #56-2-45 Unit, ORLA, TEXAS, 79770
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a pump when the brake was released and the plunger smashed his left wrist and first knuckles.

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