# Crushing injuries at Main Steel
> OSHA SIR `2017109821` · 10/12/2017 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Main Steel
- **Location:** 761 Bedford St NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30318
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a coil from a turnstile using a crane. His hand was on the C-hook of the crane when the C-hook moved backwards into a rack, crushing three of his left-hand fingers between the hook and the rack.

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