# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Morton Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021641` · 2/19/2025 · SANFORD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Pliers
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Morton Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 3625 West First St., SANFORD, FLORIDA, 32771
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was threading pipe on a machine. He was using a set of slip lock pliers to install a lock ring onto the pipe. When the ring bottomed out, the pliers slipped off and crushed his hand.

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