# Crushing injuries at COASTAL TRANSPORTATION INC
> OSHA SIR `2018099794` · 9/21/2018 · SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** COASTAL TRANSPORTATION INC
- **Location:** 4025 13th Ave W, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 98119
- **NAICS:** 483113
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was trying to flip over a D ring so it could be used to secure deck cargo on a vessel. A 20-foot bundle of rebar was being held up with a pry bar so the ring could be flipped. The rebar slipped off the pry bar and crushed the employee's right index finger. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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