# Crushing injuries at Poco Graphite Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019022024` · 2/23/2019 · DECATUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Poco Graphite Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Old Greenwood Road, DECATUR, TEXAS, 76234
- **NAICS:** 335991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a crane hook to the mold with his left hand. The hook twisted and crushed his index finger.

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