# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Lexicon, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021032` · 2/1/2025 · APPLE GROVE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lexicon, Inc.
- **Location:** 67 hereford lane, APPLE GROVE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25502
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a steel I-beam when it became stuck and would not settle onto the flanges. The employee was moving the beam and when it became unstuck and crushed the fingers on his left hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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