# Crushing injuries at Lexicon, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018065579` · 6/7/2018 · MARION, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Lexicon, Inc
- **Location:** 912 Cheney Ave., MARION, OHIO, 43302
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 7, 2018, an employee was cribbing up a figure eight eccentric wheel block assembly. The cribbing fell as he was tightening bolts with a ratchet and socket, pinching his left hand. His hand was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

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