# Crushing injuries at Tropical Shipping USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020065981` · 6/26/2020 · RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Tropical Shipping USA, LLC
- **Location:** Port of Palm Beach, RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA, 33404
- **NAICS:** 488310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was waiting to remove the connecting pin to the rotator on a harbor crane when the remote control that was being used malfunctioned, causing the rotator to fall to one side. The rotator struck and crushed the employee's right hand.

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