# Crushing injuries at BWXT, Inc. Nuclear Operations Group-Lynchburg
> OSHA SIR `2021043525` · 4/28/2021 · LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** BWXT, Inc. Nuclear Operations Group-Lynchburg
- **Location:** 1570 Mt Athos Road, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, 24504
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was repositioning an 800-pound component on a transfer cart using an overhead crane when the component shifted and caught the employee's left thumb and index finger between the component and the transfer cart. The employee's left thumb and index finger were crushed.

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