# Crushing injuries at Breaux Machine Works, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018065913` · 6/15/2018 · TOMBALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lathes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Breaux Machine Works, LP
- **Location:** 13842 Hirschfield Road, TOMBALL, TEXAS, 77337
- **NAICS:** 327910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to catch a part after it fell from a horizontal lathe when his right hand was caught in between the part itself and the surface of the lathe. His right pinky finger was smashed, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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