# Crushing injuries at Lippert Components Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2021119538` · 11/4/2021 · BEEVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Lippert Components Incorporated
- **Location:** 1600 St. Mary St., BEEVILLE, TEXAS, 78102
- **NAICS:** 336214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a tube into a bending machine. The machine activated and crushed his left index finger.

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