# Crushing injuries at KFH Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015085959` · 8/20/2015 · DOTHAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** KFH Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 2926 Columbia Highway, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36303
- **NAICS:** 314999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 20, 2015, an employee was rethreading the extruded tube product into the belted puller. The rollers caught his glove and pulled his left thumb into the nip point, crushing it. He was hospitalized for a left thumb contusion.

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