# Crushing injuries at Select Excavation & Landscaping, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054804` · 5/31/2023 · EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Select Excavation & Landscaping, LLC
- **Location:** 7 Hartman Place, EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03833
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading an excavator onto a trailer. As they were placing blocking under the bucket, their hand was crushed by the excavator tilt rotor piston.

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