# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Nucor Steel Texas
> OSHA SIR `2025032386` · 3/13/2025 · JEWETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Gripping and turning handtools  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel Texas
- **Location:** 8812 US-79, JEWETT, TEXAS, 75846
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a piece of 8-inch channel (450 pounds) while using a no-touch tool to flip it. His right thumb was caught between the material and the tool, and the tip of the thumb was crushed. The employee sustained a fracture to the left thumb and a laceration that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

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