# Crushing injuries at USG INTERIORS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021042763` · 4/2/2021 · WESTLAKE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** USG INTERIORS INC.
- **Location:** 1000 CROCKER ROAD, WESTLAKE, OHIO, 44145
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting a metal strip coil in a mill utilizing one of the racks. As the employee was pulling out the crane, the hook caught the last coil and pulled it out of the rack. When the coil tipped backward off the rack, it fell, pinning his right leg to the ground and crushing it.

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