# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at TrueNorth Steel
> OSHA SIR `2023043745` · 4/26/2023 · FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** TrueNorth Steel
- **Location:** 4401 Main Avenue, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58103
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee put a choker chain around a metal T-frame beam. As they went to tighten the chain, their right thumb was pinched between the chain and the beam.

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