# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024021469` · 2/16/2024 · BELK, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Crowbars
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC
- **Location:** 545 County Road 6, BELK, ALABAMA, 35545
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping repair a sawmill trimmer. The employee transferred a pry bar from their right hand to their left hand, then turned, at which point the employee's left middle fingertip was pinched between the pry bar and a saw box. The fingertip was crushed at the nailbed, but not fractured; the employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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