# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Power Contracting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024109354` · 10/7/2024 · ELGIN, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object handled by person  unspecified
- **Source:** Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Power Contracting, LLC
- **Location:** Elgin, ELGIN, OKLAHOMA, 73538
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting up rebar to build a utility tower when his left index finger was caught in the rebar as he was putting it in place. The employee was hospitalized with a crushed left index fingertip.

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