# Crushing injuries at LATROBE STEEL COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2018021545` · 2/14/2018 · LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** LATROBE STEEL COMPANY
- **Location:** 2626 LIGONIER STREET, LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15650
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a smashed thumb while working to remove a 2" diameter metal pole from a shear.

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