# Crushing injuries at Midwest Manufacturing and Distributing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015063826` · 6/16/2015 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Manufacturing and Distributing, Inc.
- **Location:** 6025 N. Keystone Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60646
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in one area of the shop cutting metal and welding. He heard a noise and went to investigate at the other end of the shop. He decided to oil the rolling machine. As he was checking the rolling machine his gloved hand was caught and pulled into the machine. His hand was crushed and skin was removed from his hand.

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