# Crushing injuries at MISSISSIPPI STEEL PROCESSING
> OSHA SIR `20181212463` · 12/4/2018 · COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Crowbars
- **Secondary source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** MISSISSIPPI STEEL PROCESSING
- **Location:** 400 N. STEEL ROAD, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 39701
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pry bar to free metal trim scrap that had become lodged at the exit of a slitter. The weight of the 700-pound scrap caused the pry bar to strike and crush the employee's right thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

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