# Crushing injuries at Thalle Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021281` · 2/5/2019 · PAHOKEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Thalle Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 3419 Beacon Point road, PAHOKEE, FLORIDA, 33476
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to unload metal sheet panels from a truck. A panel sat on a piece of wood and the wood broke crushing the employee's right pinky, ring and middle fingers.

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