# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Mammoet USA South, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018021826` · 2/22/2018 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mammoet USA South, Inc
- **Location:** 8182 Airline Highway, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70815
- **NAICS:** 423860
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was un-tensioning a chain that was used to secure a crane counterweight to a trailer deck when the chain rolled and pinched the employee's left index fingertip between it and the counterweight. The employee's nailbed and ligament were damaged, requiring surgery.

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