# Crushing injuries at SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC
> OSHA SIR `20211210505` · 12/7/2021 · KAPOLEI, HAWAII
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC
- **Location:** Hawaii Army National Guard AASF #1, KAPOLEI, HAWAII, 96707
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a maintenance stand to reposition the stand's foot-activated wheel lock. The employee reached down with their left hand to pull up the wheel lock; the lock disengaged and crushed the employee's index finger between the mechanical brake mechanism and the limit setting bolt.

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