# Crushing injuries at Philly Shipyard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076191` · 7/12/2023 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Philly Shipyard, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 Kitty Hawk Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19112
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift and picked up material from a shelf. While reversing the forklift, the employee's hand was crushed between a steel structure and the vehicle. The employee sustained a crush injury and laceration to the left hand.

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