# Crushing injuries at Verizon New York Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010363` · 1/13/2021 · SOUTH HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK
## 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:** Towers, poles, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon New York Inc.
- **Location:** 601 May Street, SOUTH HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK, 11550
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a pole onto a trailer when their hand got caught between the pole and the trailer, resulting in two crushed fingers.

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