# Crushing injuries at Flex-Erect, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171110599` · 11/3/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Flex-Erect, LLC
- **Location:** 5115 Westheimer, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77056
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting a structural steel roll on a cart when it tipped over. The structural steel then rolled back and crushed his toes on the right foot. He was hospitalized.

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