# Crushing injuries at Pinnacle Machine Works, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191213191` · 12/26/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pinnacle Machine Works, LLC
- **Location:** 10521 Sheldon Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77044
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the jaws on a large buck-on machine. The jaws closed on his left hand, smashing the thumb just below the knuckle.

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