# Crushing injuries at ERC General Contracting
> OSHA SIR `2021097549` · 9/2/2021 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** ERC General Contracting
- **Location:** 309 American Road, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting a trunnion from a kiln on a forklift when the trunnion rolled off. He stopped the forklift and went to stop the rolling trunnion. The trunnion rolled onto his right hand causing crushing injuries.

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