# Crushing injuries at Bellissimo Distribution
> OSHA SIR `2019077835` · 7/31/2019 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Bellissimo Distribution
- **Location:** 3645 Wazee St, DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was helping another employee to drop a pallet with a forklift. The pallet was dropped and the injured employee's right index finger was smashed between it and a metal rack beam, resulting in hospitalization.

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