# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Gaston Electrical Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211584` · 12/6/2017 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** Gaston Electrical Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Edan's South Bay AMC Theater, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02125
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a ladder when it slipped. As he attempted to stop the ladder from falling, his finger was caught in a clamp.

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