# Crushing injuries at S&S Directional Boring and Cable Contractors Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022097928` · 9/6/2022 · SEFFNER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** S&S Directional Boring and Cable Contractors Inc.
- **Location:** 1508 E Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, SEFFNER, FLORIDA, 33584
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was throwing dirt into the jaws of a directional boring machine when the jaws closed and crushed their right index and middle fingers.

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