# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017088283` · 8/29/2017 · MARGATE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC.
- **Location:** 1500 SW 67 Ave., MARGATE, FLORIDA, 33063
- **NAICS:** 517911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were placing cable while working from a line truck with an attached reel carrier. The injured employee was observing the reel as it was taking in pulling tape when the reel bar came around and smashed his left hand between the lifter and the bar. His thumb was injured and required surgery.

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