# Crushing injuries at Norstar Industries
> OSHA SIR `20231210996` · 12/1/2023 · BROOKSTON, 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:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Norstar Industries
- **Location:** 5500 FM 38 N, BROOKSTON, TEXAS, 75421
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a trailer on a trolley system. The door on the trailer caught a beam, swung back, and crushed the employee's hand against the beam.

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