# Crushing injuries at Diamond Plastics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021075928` · 7/19/2021 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Diamond Plastics Corporation
- **Location:** 2323 Marshall Street, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79408
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a section of PVC pipe to a pipe rack when their left hand was caught and crushed between the section of pipe and the rack.

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