# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Tex-Tube Company
> OSHA SIR `2024032217` · 3/12/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Boring, planing, milling machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** Tex-Tube Company
- **Location:** 1503 North Post Oak Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77055
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pipe beveling machine when a clamp came down on his left hand, resulting in crush injuries to his ring and little fingers.

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