# Crushing injuries at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020088188` · 8/28/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 11802 N. Gessner, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77064
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a cart loaded with packages. His thumb was smashed between a metal I-beam and the cart structure, causing an injury that required surgery.

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