# Crushing injuries at American Builders & Contractors Supply CO., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010124` · 1/6/2020 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** American Builders & Contractors Supply CO., Inc.
- **Location:** 1400 Forsythe Road, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33405
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loosening a cargo strap when the tightening mechanism struck his right index finger. The finger was crushed and he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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