# Crushing injuries at Primoris Field Services
> OSHA SIR `20181112235` · 11/29/2018 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Strapping
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Primoris Field Services
- **Location:** 3275 Amoco Road, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 11/29/2018 at approximately 7:45 a.m., an employee was positioning a choker strap between a pipe and a reducing "T" as it was being lifted when the pipe fell/slid off a skid and pinched/crushed the employee's right thumb between the choker strap and the pipe.

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