# Crushing injuries at Halliburton Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2018054771` · 5/16/2018 · CATARINA, TEXAS
## 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:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Halliburton Energy Services
- **Location:** SM Energy Galvan Ranch, CATARINA, TEXAS, 78836
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading sand at a dust collection unit that was clogged. The auger was not rotating, so employees struck it with a hammer. The employee's fingers were inside the housing unit of the auger when it inadvertently began to rotate, crushing his fingers. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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