# Crushing injuries at HEB SAN MARCO RETAIL SUPPORT CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2019054515` · 5/3/2019 · SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** HEB SAN MARCO RETAIL SUPPORT CENTER
- **Location:** 2301 HUNTER RD, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was staging pallets with a double selection pallet jack. The employee was reversing the pallet jack and making a turn when his right thumb was crushed between the pallet jack and a stationary rack.

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