# Crushing injuries at Elite Pro Rebar
> OSHA SIR `2022032323` · 3/15/2022 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** Elite Pro Rebar
- **Location:** 9001 Cortana Pl., BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70815
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were raising a forklift load of rebar mesh to the fourth floor of a building. An employee tried to separate the forks and the rebar rolled on his hand, crushing two fingers.

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