# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Imex International Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087000` · 8/1/2024 · ELBERTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Plates, slabs  concrete and stone
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Imex International Inc.
- **Location:** 133 Rocky Drive, ELBERTON, GEORGIA, 30635
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding two granite slabs that were being lifted by a crane when the slabs came together and crushed his fingertips.

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