# Crushing injuries at Forterra Pipe and Precast
> OSHA SIR `2019054879` · 5/14/2019 · CEDAR HILL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Forterra Pipe and Precast
- **Location:** 2138 Highway 67 South, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, 75104
- **NAICS:** 327332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a 48-inch x 8-foot long pipe from a machine when the employee's fingers were smashed between the pipe and an I-beam.

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