# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Thompson Pipe Group
> OSHA SIR `2024021090` · 2/5/2024 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Steel-toed footwear
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Pipe Group
- **Location:** 1003 MacArthur Blvd., GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75050
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the mill, by the cross-seam area, preparing to open a bag of flux to pour into the hopper. The machine's holding clamps engaged and the clamp crushed the employee's left foot pushing the steel toe protection plate into their left toe.

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