# Crushing injuries at Scotch Plywood Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065594` · 6/19/2017 · BEATRICE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Scotch Plywood Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 14883 Hwy 21 North, BEATRICE, ALABAMA, 36425
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the dryer building area stacking units of veneer plywood with a forklift. The employee got off the forklift to place timbers between the stacks of veneer. In the process the employee's right index finger was pinched and smashed between the timbers and the forklift forks, requiring hospitalization.

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