# Crushing injuries at Medical City Fort Worth
> OSHA SIR `2019088969` · 8/28/2019 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Air conditioning units
## Employer
- **Name:** Medical City Fort Worth
- **Location:** 900 8th Ave, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76104
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was evaluating and repairing an AC unit when his left middle and ring fingers were caught in a pulley belt resulting in a laceration and crushing injury to both fingers.

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