# Crushing injuries at Acorn Manufacturing Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031308` · 3/19/2015 · MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Acorn Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 457 School Street, MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02048
- **NAICS:** 332510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A piece of metal was stuck on the conveyor near the shear. An employee climbed onto the moving conveyor to remove the metal and got his leg caught in the conveyor crushing it.

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