# Fractures at SETX Industry
> OSHA SIR `20181112247` · 11/30/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** SETX Industry
- **Location:** 13609 Industrial Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to lower a wind wall. As he lowered the piece into place, it crushed the fingers on his left hand. The nail bed had to be surgically removed and two fingers were fractured.

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