# Crushing injuries at Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023065815` · 6/29/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
## Employer
- **Name:** Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc
- **Location:** 3800 Milam, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77006
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the carriage of a paving machine. He raised the lever for the carriage and his right hand was crushed between the carriage and frame.

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