# Crushing injuries at Empire Steel Erectors, LP.
> OSHA SIR `2022065475` · 6/23/2022 · FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Steel Erectors, LP.
- **Location:** 1600 Whitaker dr, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, 77546
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were moving steel tubes from a storage area to a slab. The load shifted and one employee's hands were caught between the tubes, which crushed the middle and ring fingers on both hands.

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