# Crushing injuries at 1st Employment Staffing
> OSHA SIR `2015010869` · 1/27/2015 · SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** 1st Employment Staffing
- **Location:** Gates Corporation, SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72761
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a mold with a crane in the research development pilot cell.  While the mold was being transported, the end effectors holding the mold became disengaged, allowing the mold to fall approximately 3 to 4 feet to the floor. The mold struck and crushed both of an employee's ankles.

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