# Crushing injuries at Alro Metals Service Center
> OSHA SIR `2017076787` · 7/20/2017 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Alro Metals Service Center
- **Location:** 2505 N. Forsyth Rd., ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32809
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had loaded a 336-pound steel plate onto a burning table using a plate clamp. As he was removing the clamp using a grab hook, the hook slipped and the steel plate fell on and crushed his hand.

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