# Crushing injuries at Lake Charles Alignment & Brake Service
> OSHA SIR `2021010090` · 1/5/2021 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Lake Charles Alignment & Brake Service
- **Location:** 2103 Enterprise Boulevard, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70601
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a forklift when his middle finger was smashed between the hydraulic ram and the sides of the forklift. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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