# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
> OSHA SIR `2025032317` · 3/11/2025 · COLUMBIA, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Striking and nailing handtools  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Location:** 39650 Sand Lake Drive, COLUMBIA, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57433
- **NAICS:** 921110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual T-post pounder to drive in a 6-foot steel post. The employee had struck the post several times. On the last strike, the post pounder came off the post. When he brought the pounder down for the strike, his left thumb was crushed between the top of the post and the post pounder's handle.

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