# Crushing injuries at Covanta Palm Beach Resource Recovery
> OSHA SIR `2020088220` · 8/30/2020 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Tables, worktables
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Covanta Palm Beach Resource Recovery
- **Location:** 6501 N. Jog Road, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33412
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an impact table on the south side of a conveyor. The impact table was resting on the conveyor rail. When the employee attempted to move the table, it fell off the side of the conveyor frame and dropped down, crushing his left index finger between the conveyor frame and the top of the impact table plate.

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