# Crushing injuries at Circle K Stores Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032994` · 3/28/2018 · ALMA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Circle K Stores Inc.
- **Location:** 1107 West 12 Street, ALMA, GEORGIA, 31510
- **NAICS:** 445120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a sit-down forklift in reverse and ran into a trailer. As the forklift struck the trailer, the employee's right hand was crushed between the exterior frame of the forklift and the trailer. The employee sustained crushing injuries to three fingers on his right hand.

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