# Crushing injuries at Universal Plant Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109432` · 10/4/2020 · DEER PARK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Plant Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 59000 State Hwy 225, DEER PARK, TEXAS, 77536
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While removing sections of steel piping, an employee grabbed the cable of a winch. His left hand was pulled into the snatch block between the cable and pulley, crushing four fingers.

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