# Crushing injuries at Pliltek Services
> OSHA SIR `2017087457` · 8/4/2017 · PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pliltek Services
- **Location:** 1701 N. Waverly St., PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 74601
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead hoist to lift a trailer axle with a strap when the strap broke. The axle then fell on and crushed his left hand, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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