# Crushing injuries at AER Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2019033126` · 3/26/2019 · CARROLLTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Turning handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AER Manufacturing
- **Location:** 3325 B. Wylie Post, CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75006
- **NAICS:** 811198
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was breaking a bolt on an engine head with a breaker bar when the bolt gave way, which caused the employee to smash his hand into the engine head. He suffered a laceration to his left middle finger and crushed part of the bone.

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