# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Elmer F. Possinger & Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098546` · 9/13/2024 · MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and toe(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
- **Secondary source:** Excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** Elmer F. Possinger & Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** Swiftwater Apartments (Construction Site), MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA, 18344
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a concrete lid that was suspended from the boom of an excavator by chain straps and pins. A pin failed, causing the lid to fall approximately 1 foot and land on the employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized with a broken toe and a crush injury to the upper left portion of the foot.

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