# Crushing injuries at Kent Companies
> OSHA SIR `20190910040` · 9/25/2019 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Striking and nailing handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kent Companies
- **Location:** 16301 Three Wide Dr., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76177
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a T-post driver to set posts around a proposed excavation site. The employee's right thumb was crushed between the driver and a post. He was hospitalized.

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