# Crushing injuries at Oshkosh Defense
> OSHA SIR `2017088258` · 8/28/2017 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Oshkosh Defense
- **Location:** 2920 Oregon St., OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54902
- **NAICS:** 336992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 28, 2017, an employee was loading a steel basket with wheel-end components that needed to be cleaned. When he raised the basket with his hoist, the basket slipped off and crushed his left foot. He was hospitalized.

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