# Crushing injuries at DPR Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021108743` · 10/11/2021 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## 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:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DPR Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 6718 Lake Nona Boulevard, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32827
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing rigging hooks on a rebar mat to be lifted by a forklift. The rebar mat became stuck and when the employee went to free the mat, it suddenly came loose and pinched his left middle finger between two rebar mats, resulting in a crush injury and a laceration that required hospitalization.

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