# Crushing injuries at Surface Creation of Maine, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022087694` · 8/29/2022 · PORTLAND, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Stone, marble, granite slabs
## Employer
- **Name:** Surface Creation of Maine, LLC
- **Location:** 25 Rice Street, PORTLAND, MAINE, 04103
- **NAICS:** 327111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near an A-frame as a forklift passed. The forklift struck quartz slabs that were on the A-frame causing them to fall over and crush the employee's arm between the slabs and the forklift.

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