# Crushing injuries at LBC Houston, LP
> OSHA SIR `2022097982` · 9/8/2022 · SEABROOK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LBC Houston, LP
- **Location:** LBC Houston Tank Terminals, SEABROOK, TEXAS, 77586
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were installing a refurbished cargo pump on a tank. One of the employees was on a cherry picker, guiding the pump into place with his right hand as it was lifted by a crane. The pump caught on an obstruction. When the pump was freed, it jumped. The employee's right hand was crushed between the pump flange and a piping flange directly above the pump.

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