# Crushing injuries at West Memphis Steel & Pipe, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088386` · 8/14/2019 · WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** West Memphis Steel & Pipe, LLC
- **Location:** 1101 Thompson Ave, WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, 72301
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was forming pieces of material at a press brake. Two fingers on his right hand were crushed between the material and the punch of the brake.

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