# Crushing injuries at American Galvanizing
> OSHA SIR `2018032117` · 3/2/2018 · HAMMONTON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Catwalks
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** American Galvanizing
- **Location:** 1919 State Highway 54, HAMMONTON, NEW JERSEY, 08037
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading material onto a metal catwalk when a forklift hit the catwalk, causing it to fall off the dunnage supporting it and onto the employee's foot. His foot was crushed and required hospitalization.

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