# Crushing injuries at Wesco Distribution
> OSHA SIR `2022119844` · 11/9/2022 · LANCASTER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Wesco Distribution
- **Location:** 2471 South Dallas Ave, LANCASTER, TEXAS, 75146
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving the porcelain portion of a capacitive voltage transformer into a steel bin using a forklift with lifting straps. The transformer slipped off the forklift and crushed her right hand, which required surgery. She also sustained a right shoulder fracture.

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