# Crushing injuries at Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
> OSHA SIR `2019021696` · 2/14/2019 · POINT COMFORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Material and personnel hoists
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
- **Location:** 201 Formosa Drive, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling a catalyst hoist. As he tried to stop the load from swinging, his left little finger was caught between the hoist and a handrail. The fingertip was crushed.

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