# Crushing injuries at Lewis Tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076244` · 7/13/2023 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lewis Tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 12050 49th St. North, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33762
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing a pre-trip inspection on a company truck when their hand was caught by a belt of the truck engine. The employee was hospitalized with crush injuries to three fingers.

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