# Crushing injuries at SJ Louis Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010257` · 1/10/2022 · WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** SJ Louis Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** Les Paul Parkway between East Ave. & West Ave, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53188
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were moving polyethylene pipes. Employee 1 lifted a pipe, which shifted as the other employee was holding its end. The second employee's hand was crushed between the end of the pipe he was holding and another pipe on the ground. He was hospitalized.

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