# Crushing injuries at Pike Electric, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022043163` · 4/11/2022 · FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Pike Electric, LLC
- **Location:** 5501 Orange Avenue, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34947
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading utility poles into a dumpster when their right ring fingertip was crushed between a pole top and the edge of the dumpster.

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