# Crushing injuries at The Miner Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017087531` · 8/7/2017 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** The Miner Corporation
- **Location:** Central Market #455, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76107
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a pin that holds the lip of the truck to the dock. The dock plate fell and caught his left thumb, crushing it.

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