# Crushing injuries at Denison Landscaping
> OSHA SIR `20171010154` · 10/23/2017 · LEWES, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Denison Landscaping
- **Location:** Hastings Drive and Roth Drive, LEWES, DELAWARE, 19958
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing a trailer to a truck with a hitch when another employee bumped the trailer with a piece of equipment, pushing the trailer forward. The first employee's left thumb was caught and crushed between the trailer and the truck.

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