# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Yelton Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021421` · 2/13/2025 · SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
- **Secondary source:** Trucks  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Yelton Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2435 Dobbs Road, SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 32086
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a trailer to a truck hitch when their left little fingertip got crushed between the trailer ball and the hitch. The employee required hospitalization and surgery.

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