# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Gartner Coatings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087677` · 8/20/2024 · PEARLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pumps  except oil well
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gartner Coatings, Inc.
- **Location:** 2433 Max Rd, PEARLAND, TEXAS, 77581
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting pump housing, which was suspended by a sling around a forklift fork. The eyelet of the sling slipped off the metal lifting eye, causing the pump housing to fall onto and crush the top of the employee's left foot.

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