# Crushing injuries at Crossland Heavy Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2019043420` · 4/2/2019 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Concrete or clay pipes and conduits
## Employer
- **Name:** Crossland Heavy Contractors
- **Location:** 3103 Gordon Cooper Blvd, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73107
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up a sling for an excavator to move a piece of concrete pipe when the excavator operator pulled up on the sling, crushing the employee's left hand between the pipe and teacup.

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