# Crushing injuries at Bernhard MCC
> OSHA SIR `2021043268` · 4/20/2021 · METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bernhard MCC
- **Location:** 1 Galleria, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70002
- **NAICS:** 332913
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing neoprene vibration dampeners under an air handling unit. The unit had been lifted about 1/2 inch off a concrete slab. It slipped off the lifting mechanism and crushed the employee's fingertip.

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